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Ballinger Fishing Reports

Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/15/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished lake Ballinger today after school, caught three planters in about an hour on a rooster tail, everyone else on the dock was using powerbait and were doing well, at one point all four people on t...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/20/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/20/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Got a couple of small fish, not my top pick for season opener.
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/18/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/18/2003
Hot Spots: 0
4/18/2003 Thanks-to:: Robbie Started about 6:16 am trolling around the south end Hoping for another monster like 4/8 but no such luck I did land an 8" and got it to the boat only to have the ...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/7/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2003
Hot Spots: 0
What a morning!!! Started out about 7:45am and trolled to the south end of lake on spinner bait so nice strikes no lands decided to try some bass fishing no luck so I went back to trolling and it sta...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/3/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/3/2003
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first Lake Ballinger experience and fished from about 5pm to 6pm on this very windy evening. There was quite a bit of chop on the water with partly sunny skies and the temp around 45F. I t...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/2/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 1/2/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I trolled a wedding ring combo and a scent vent spinner. Landed a nice 13 inch rainbow with the wedding ring but nothing else.
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/2/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/2/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 8:30 am cloudy about 55 deg no wind yet! started trolling to S. end by outlet and got 2 5 " rainbows trolled the W. side of Island and got 3 more 4"-5 " nice little fighters. decide to...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/24/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 9/24/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Catch, photo, and release please !!!! Started out about 8:15am cloudy and about 60 deg. went back to the north end lily and saw the jumping all around got some strikes on a mosquito fly but couldn't...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/17/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/17/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I fished for about an hour at 5pm and then again at around 8pm. The first hour, I caught a 14 inch rainbow on power bait with a worm. The second hour I hooked a 12 inch catfish using the same setup....
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/8/2002
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/8/2002
Hot Spots: 0
first off catch and release fish!!! Started out about 9:30am sunny and about 52 deg. light wind from N. trolled a mepps 1/8 black fruy struck west side of island in channel. went south end nothing!!...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/29/2002
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I caught 6 small rainbows averaging 8" between 6:30 pm and 7:45 pm using a size 8 six pack fly on floating line. I hooked four in the southeast corner and two in the north end near the inlet creek....
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/29/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/29/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing 8 am for bass @ south end of lake no luck went to trolling with a spinner mepps 1/8 oz green with brass spinner got one small 8" on way back in to dock @ north tip of Island slo...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/12/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/12/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I had a bad itch for fishing so I went to the nearest lake. I just thought I would kill an hour and clean up the tackle box and maybe catch a trout on worms or power bait. After 20 minutes I decided...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/11/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/11/2002
Hot Spots: 0
We were up the area, retrieving a trolling motor we had in for repairs at Angler's Choice. Neither of us had fished the lake before. It was a windy, rainy day.. there seven folks on the peers and o...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/8/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/8/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing about 730 am in south east corner of lake About 15 feet from shore (in a boat!). and caught 1 13"rainbow on a worm about 6 feet off bottom, no other strikes there. Daughter caught a ...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/24/2001
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Rating: 1
Fished: 11/24/2001
Hot Spots: 0
My friend and I decided to go out on Lake Ballinger for a quick fishin' trip. Well, the fishin' was good, but the catchin' wasn't. I think the season is probably over. The water's starting to get...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/4/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the lake for the first time with my new float tube today. It was great being able to quietly sneak up on fishing spots. As a result, I was able to catch and release a 4 pound largemouth. I w...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/26/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/26/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I took my girlfriend up to Lake Ballinger in quest of her first fish. We got on the lake at 6:30, shortly after she picked up a small bass just off the island (wasn't bad for a first fish). We rowed...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/18/2001
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/18/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Started out on the lake at 11:00 a.m. with my friend Zac. We fished the east side of Goose Island and the creek at the north end of the lake. We were unable to hook anything. However, we did see a ...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/6/2001
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/6/2001
Hot Spots: 0
BEEN FISHING MARTHA LAKE AND HEARING LAKE BALLINGER WAS PRETTY GOOD LATELY, SO I DECIDED TO RIDE OVER AND GIVE IT A TRY. ARRIVED AT THE DOCK AT 6 PM JUST AS IT STARTED TO RAIN. FISHED OFF THE DOCK WIT...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/30/2001
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/30/2001
Hot Spots: 0
We went down to the dock at 530am and had a limit a piece by 700am using red power bait with a marsh-mallow. The biggest was 17.5 with most between 11 and 12 inches
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/10/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2001
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Beau, and I came out at about 5:45 in the morning. Two 10-12 inchers right off the bat off of rainbow powerbait off the bottom. At about 7:00, we lost a 15-18 incher due to too light of...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/19/2001
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/19/2001
Hot Spots: 0
We went out at 9:30. Couldn't get a bite from the bass, didn't even see anything. We think that the bass in this lake are fished out. We netted quite a few golf balls by the links though. If you w...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/3/1999
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/3/1999
Hot Spots: 0
It was a beautiful night to be fishing. Got out there about 8:00pm. A couple of people caught some small rainbows from the dock, but nothing special. Someone who was bringing their boat in had 19...
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Ballinger
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/29/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/1999
Hot Spots: 0
I invited two of my friends (both named Bill) out for a morning of fishing and after no luck at Lake Serene in Snohomish County I decided to try Lake Ballinger. We enjoyed good fishing when not fighti...
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