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Ballinger Fishing Reports

Ballinger
By: Reel_Nut
Posted: 8/23/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/22/2014
Hot Spots: 2
Had a fantastic day fishing from the dock. We caught quite a few trout, 1 yellow perch and one small bass. Wished we would of been able to fish the lake all day as I believe we would of limited.
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Ballinger
By: whorde
Posted: 8/19/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished in 4 or 5 different spots ... by island, north end, out in the middle, over by the dock ... started about 6am, till about noon. The lake was dead. Nothing going on. Crappie jig, plastic wo...
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Ballinger
By: whorde
Posted: 8/14/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My second experience with Ballinger was much different. This time rather than casting, I decided to go with the herd and fish on the bottom. But I refuse to use powerbait. I have no interest in hat...
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Ballinger
By: whorde
Posted: 7/24/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Spent about 3 hours on the dock Wednesday night, around 6-9. Tried a variety of lures, mostly by the lily pads, some out in open water. Zero bites. Briefly tried a bobber by the lily pads, again no...
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Ballinger
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/9/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hadn't been to Ballinger yet this year... last visit was Christmas Day past. Ballinger has long been a favorite of mine... met my friend Pete there three years ago! Met Pete a bit before 5:00 AM, line...
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Ballinger
By: lumpdog005
Posted: 5/27/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I took my boys, 8 and 10, to the old boat launch on the Edmonds side yesterday from 7:30-9 PM. They landed one small trout and lost three others. The weight was hanging up in the weeds giving the fis...
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Ballinger
By: timmlovitt
Posted: 5/23/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Seems like I've been hitting Ballinger quite a bit lately. Now that I've finished grad school and have avoided winter it seems that I'm putting out about 3 times per week (mostly Ballinger). It's hard...
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Ballinger
By: timmlovitt
Posted: 5/20/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/20/2014
Hot Spots: 1
I took the kayak back out to Ballinger this evening, after buying some flies (thanks for the tip godfather!). Tied a simple brown and tan fly on, added a power egg to it, trolled, and hooked into a sm...
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Ballinger
By: timmlovitt
Posted: 5/16/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/16/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Went out to Lake Ballinger this afternoon to try my hand at kayak fishing. I'm heading into my second season with the pole holder that I installed and I'm definitely ready to get some miles on it. I h...
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Ballinger
By: waltforce
Posted: 4/21/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Put the canoe in Ballinger today to see if I could catch a few trout. Immediately realized the wind was a little much for my flat bottomed canoe. Paddled around for a while then decided to troll a sma...
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Ballinger
By: i_tnt_1u_fishing
Posted: 4/18/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/18/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Went to lake Ballinger this morning ,got out on the water about 6:00 am caught first fish within 5 min. and the bite was on. limited out by 7:15 the last 2 where a dbl got one and up to the boat th...
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Ballinger
By: Gonefishing
Posted: 4/14/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/14/2014
Hot Spots: 3
I know I know I know..... knot er not my favorite lake but I went again. Friend calls says he can only go out for a couple hours and it is Off Day gotta Go Fishing Monday. He arrives at Ballinger ...
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Ballinger
By: Gonefishing
Posted: 4/10/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers 4/7/2014 and 4/10/2014. First off Lake Ballinger is not my favorite lake in the county but it is one of the open all year lakes near my house and is within a stones trow or so of ...
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Ballinger
By: VMV1998
Posted: 12/29/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Was going home after I bought some seafood in Ranch 99 Market. Passing Ballinger Lake, decided to stop and check it out. Fortunately I had my fishing poles in my car. It was 2:30 pm. when I started fi...
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Ballinger
By: hein19
Posted: 12/27/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My brother me and his buddy decided to give ballinger a try in hopes of catching some Cuttys got there late around 2 and only fished till 3:30. had lots of lil bites and no hook ups Than bam my brothe...
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Ballinger
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 12/25/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
What an awesome, glorious Christmas morning at Lake Ballinger! Very hectic work schedule with the holidays the past few weeks, then several family get-togethers with dozens of grandchildren and tons ...
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Ballinger
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 11/17/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake B. to target some of the Fall and Winter Cutthroat that move into the lake from Lake Washington. Arrived at about 7:00 AM, lines in the water by 7:15. Temp at outset was a chilly 37 degre...
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Ballinger
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 10/23/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got home from work a bit earlier than usual... couple of difficult days and needed to unwind... sooo, decided to head to Lake B. to see if the Cutthroat were interested in my offerings. Chilly, foggy/...
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Ballinger
By: kingroobes
Posted: 10/19/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I only had one pole with me so I set it up with a marshmallow and half a worm with some secret sawse. Within 15 minutes I caught a small 7-8" cutthroat. I let it go but quickly became eagle food as ...
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Ballinger
By: pizzaman
Posted: 5/16/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Caught about a dozen this morning. Lost at least that many too. Kept one for breakfast. Trolling the old silver spoon around. Fun morning
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Ballinger
By: pizzaman
Posted: 5/9/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went out this morning mainly to test out the new set up on the kayak. Was given an old Sears and Roebucks trolling motor from the FIL so put together a way to attach it to the kayak. Went out to give ...
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Ballinger
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/6/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Under normal circumstances I wouldn't be submitting a report at all... fishing was, to put it mildly, DISMAL! Met Pete at Lake B. at about 5:30 AM, fishing by 5:45. Temp at outset was 48 degrees and g...
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Ballinger
By: Roperguy
Posted: 5/2/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Reports for Lake Ballinger have been a bit slow lately so I thought I would go out and give it a try. It was about 5:30pm when I got my lines in the water and 5:50 when my rod went down. Nice rainbow ...
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Ballinger
By: N E 1 FISSION
Posted: 4/22/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got my chores done and hit the lake about 1615. Used 2 poles, bottom fishing and lures/spinners. Saw others on shore/dock, fighting the wind. Boaters came in, not much action for them either. Gave up...
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Ballinger
By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 4/15/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After being yesterdays no fish day head back to lake b again since it was a beatiful sunny day i took the kids with.got to the lake around no and nobody is fishing,figured it out a while later the win...
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