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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I came to the lake about 6:30 am and had a good day fishing. After leaving the lake I realized I forgot my net. It is a large one. If anyone may have picked it up for me, please call me at 206 365-...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/26/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took my wife to the lake with me. Had a glorious day... arrived a bit late, about 6:30AM. Lots of fishers already on the pier and the shoreline. Nearly everyone catching fish... WDFW dumped in another...
By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 5/26/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
ok fish 7pm last night,getting dark early 'cause of the clouds but I've been addicted to fishing lately and ballinger is the closiest to my place so give it a try again nothing biting for me but some...
By: N E 1 FISSION
Posted: 5/25/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had to get out,.. a little windier than I would like, but still got the urge. Caught 3 on a small silver & blue Krocodile, missed a couple of hits on powereggs/bait. Hard to tell if I had hits unless ...
By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 5/25/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
quick stop at lake ballinger and meet with N E 1 fishion,nice to meet someone from this site on the field,nice chat,caught one small OK size.tried to practice my bassing skills,nothin.so didnt stay lo...
By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 5/23/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got a free 2 hours from the kids today so decided to go to ballinger it was raining hard on my way there but rain turn to shower when i got to the lake.there were few people fishing and catching fish ...
By: N E 1 FISSION
Posted: 5/23/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake about 1900, fished until 2100. Others on the dock were using worms & bobber, they were catching some, about 4-5 feet of leader. I in turn poweregg & powerbait also with also the same l...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/21/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Got to lake about 5:45AM. Only one on pier. Saw lots of rises all over the lake. Watched male Bald Eagle catch 2 trout and take them to mate at the nest. Caught first fish at about 9:00AM, nice chunky...
By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 5/16/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit lake ballinger @ 4pm left @ 510pm caught two rainbows 4 an 5 inches.didnt expect to caught any for.little amount of time.nice weather good fishing.
By: kdiddy1964
Posted: 5/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Wulbar and I took advantage of the great weather yesterday and skipped work to go fishing. Wulbar and I hit Lake Ballinger. We got into the water around 10am and left around 3:30 pm.
We started b...
By: Roperguy
Posted: 4/24/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/21/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Started fishing around 7am finished up about 930am. I found all the action down along the SW end of the lake. I had a dozen hits and landed 5 before heading out. They were all pretty close to shore in...
By: N E 1 FISSION
Posted: 3/31/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went after work, powerbait with 2 foot leader, 3rd cast got 1st one. Had 2 more hits after, beautiful sunset. Going to Green Lake tomorrow. Anyone know if I can use my 2 pole endorsement here? Also, ...
By: N E 1 FISSION
Posted: 3/29/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a day off and heard they just stocked Ballinger. Regardless of wind and rain, I gave it a shot. Felt like the 2011 Mariners, no hits!! Stayed there for about 20 minutes and finally gave up. Lookin...
By: Beeler5
Posted: 6/6/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I called my buddy at 12am the night before to see if he wanted to go and do some fishing. We hit the lake at 9:45 am.. The water was like glass. Put the boat in the water. The water temp was 40 dergee...
By: fishingboy
Posted: 5/2/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
So woke up late for the lingcod opener so decided to hit Ballinger on the way to Ed's surplus! got there about 7 AM. Was there for only an hour or so. Only caught a 4-5 inch Cutthroat trout on a blue/...
By: outfishin7
Posted: 5/1/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, what a horrible day, except for the weather. Ever take a 5 year old fishing someplace where noone is catching a thing? 1 boat came in with 3 dink fish. We fished 3 1/2 hours without so much as...
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/30/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, the weather was great today for the hour I made it to the lake. I had a lot of stuff to do, but I wanted to sit outside for a bit while I took some calls. I told them I was "in my other office",...
By: eatworms
Posted: 4/20/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Such a gorgeous day, had to hit the lake after coming home from digging razor clams. Got there about 12:30pm. 4 guys fishing from the dock and one coming in from his boat. The guy coming in from tr...
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/19/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Wow! Can't beat this weather. Was on the water from about 3:30 to 5:30 and it was nice out. I didn't hook aything, but I got a bite about every 45 minutes, when I first got there I had several bites i...
By: Gonefishing
Posted: 4/18/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Ballinger around 3:45 or so. 1 regular was at the lake showing off some applet on his Iphone that predicts the best time to fish. I don't have an Iphone.... but it was interesting to see. T...
By: Gonefishing
Posted: 4/18/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Ballinger this afternoon to participate in the Sunday circus. Six rods and no fish on the dock when I first arrive. Only a few regulars were at the lake this time around. Had 2 hits in the ...
Posted: 4/13/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
A couple more firsts for me today!
First Fish of 2011 on my Pen Rod!
First Rainbow Trout out of Ballinger!
I'm gonna be up front and say it out loud for everyone to hear.
You might call me crazy...
By: Gonefishing
Posted: 4/11/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Lake Ballinger mid morning for maybe a half hour but couldn't buy a bite if it had been up for sale. Went home and received an email from somebody here telling me that birdies were telling ...
By: lumpdog005
Posted: 4/6/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Was fishin another lake with my son and dropped by Ballinger on the way home. I learned they planted 3500 7 - 8" trout. This apperantly is the only stocking for the year. Just passing this on to al...
Posted: 2/13/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Two Firsts for me today!!
First Fish of The 2011 Fishing Season!!
First Cutthroat Trout I've ever caught!!
For me, it was a 5 star day because of the two reasons mentioned above.
I got to the ...