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By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 11/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit ballinger on the way home from work,got to the water at freezing 820am just got some new kastmaster lure so decided to practice on those used all for color combo 3rd cast strike and miss,after man...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 10/18/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Ballinger to meet up with friend Pete, who is finally able to fish again after being laid up with a bad back. Arrived at the lake at 7:00AM and was fishing by 7:15. Night air was cold (45 degr...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 10/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
A very interesting day at Lake Ballinger. Arrived at pier at 7:30AM, already one fisherman on pier (Dustin). Was showery the first hour, then extremely windy the rest of the day. Estimate 30 to 35 mph...
By: pizzaman
Posted: 9/22/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
tried everything. Not even a bump. Fish still hiding deep I think and I don't have the technigue in the kayak to get to them.
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 8/23/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had a hall pass from the family, this evening. I was hoping to get over to Forbes lake in Kirkland for some largemouth, but the sun was getting low, so I went with Ballinger due to proximity. As I...
By: tre809299
Posted: 8/21/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We set out for a great day fishing, after getting off of Martha (South) with only 2 small perch (throw backs) around 11am, we decided to head for old trusty Ballinger Lake. Within 10 minutes of leavi...
By: Hank
Posted: 7/29/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fish from the kayaks from 6:30 AM till 8:30 AM. Tried chartreuse and white power eggs with no luck. It was still a good morning to paddle around the lake.
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 7/25/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I am on vacation this week and my youngest son, Wesly, came up to spend some time fishing with me. We were on the North Fork of the Snoqualmie yesterday, and Wes had to head home in the early afternoo...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 7/14/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, what a glorious, awesome day on Lake Ballinger! Arrived at 5:30AM, first on the pier. Lake was absolutely placid, few fish rising, with wispy fog coming off the water. Water temp. at 10' was 71 d...
By: Hank
Posted: 7/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took the Kayaks out for a an evening troll around the lake, saw a couple jumpers, but caught none. Still a nice evening spent on the water with my wife.
By: MotoBoat
Posted: 7/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This report gets one star for each fish + 1 for wildlife viewed. Started out around 8:00am. 5 or 6 truck trailer rigs parked in the lot. With 3 or 4 fishing the City park dock. No fish caught by them....
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 7/4/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at lake at 5:30AM. Took water temp. at 10', 65 degrees. Alone on pier. Lake was absolutely flat, with lots of fish rising. Amazing how many big fish were splashing on the surface, but nothing ...
By: oneshot
Posted: 7/2/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2012
Hot Spots: 1
long time viewer, little time reporter.. so here we go.. :)
We finally got a break in the rain this weekend and a chance to get out and test out the new to our family, Boat. So my son and i headed t...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/23/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
WOW! What an amazing day on B. Lake...amazingly BAD! Arrived at 5:30AM...had a premonition things were going to be slow. Started with regular PowerBait presentation. Lake was very placid early on, alm...
By: cardinalorange
Posted: 6/22/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I, as I tend to do, forgot to read whether gas motors were allowed on the lake so we had to oar it around as I didn't bring my electric motor. We trolled for a couple hours using everything from a bi...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/18/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at lake at 6:30PM, just a bit of late fishing after Church and a great Father's Day dinner with family. Brought my ultra-light tackle and tied on a silver and red SuperDuper. Was raining stead...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the lake about 6:45am. Within a half an hour I had three rainbow trout. It took two hours before I got another hit. My friend Calvin came and he got his limit also. By 11am I got my limit ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/11/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my friend Adam went out early on this Saturday morning, we picked Ballinger because they had recently stocked the lake with 3000 trout; May 21, 2012. We got out onto the lake at about 7:45, it ...
By: TroutSnipr
Posted: 6/11/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/10/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Got there about 9AM. The guy leaving my spot (park benches area) had a limit. the other 3 guys had 5 fish between them. It didn't seem like the pier was hitting either(saw I think maybe 2 fish on @ ...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/9/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at lake about 5:30AM. One fisherman on pier (Joe), several on shoreline. Very windy and quite chilly. Had first strike and landed first fish about 6:00, just as friend Pete arrived. Figured to...
By: Gonefishing
Posted: 6/7/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2012
Hot Spots: 3
My friend called me around 3:30 P.M. asking if I wanted to go fishing at Lake Ballinger on his boat. Not being of sound mind or body I said "Sure but I got to go get worms first" which was way better...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/6/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the lake about 7:30am. I saw my friends Tom and his brother fishing. It was windy. I put my pole in the water and caught a fish within five minutes. After three more hours I caught my limi...
By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 6/4/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
went back to ballinger since close to home friday with my dad.I caught 2 fish already,Dad didnt get any not even a nibble,he starting to look not interested to fish, so for my 3rd bite I hook the fis...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
got to lake ballinger 5:30 fished intill 7 they just stocked it again most of our fish were around 12 inch. good fishin
By: Trojans93
Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We tried a new lake today -- Ballinger was the choice for me and my two sons. Great location for taking a boat ride and some fishing. We launched our boat just before noon. Half-way around the litt...