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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the Ballinger Lake fishing pier at around 1pm and already had fish on by 2pm. Fished from the bottom with 2 rods, a Daiwa and UglyStik. Used a heavy egg sinker with a 3 foot lead. Using two...
By: kickerboat
Posted: 11/8/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/8/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Ballinger this morning, cold and windy but we got a few nice ones trolling flatfish, 3 of the larger plants, one about 12 in. and one small one. All were released.
I got to use the photarium...
By: serveandcollect
Posted: 8/26/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/21/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I always enjoy fishing Lake Ballinger! Took out my Intex Mariner 3 and trolled the south end of the East and South parts of the lake. The first fish was caught trolling off the launch about 100 yards,...
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 10/28/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/28/2018
Hot Spots: 1
I had been dying to get out and fish, but Sunday’s wind was keeping me in.
Decided to hit a small lake like Ballinger. I mostly trolled the South end of the lake, it is deeper than rest of the lak...
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 7/30/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/30/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I have been outfitting a new Hobie kayak with the various accouterments that I like to use for trolling. I finally got it finished, so I hit lake Ballinger for the test run of a cut down Scotty 1050 ...
By: serveandcollect
Posted: 6/8/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/8/2018
Hot Spots: 0
If it wasn't for the endless winds I faced today, I would rate this trip 5star. Fished for 2 hours 9-11am, caught both the 10" during the first hour and landed the nice 17" 2.5lbs Cutty during the las...
By: serveandcollect
Posted: 6/6/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I remember the first week fishing this lake I got skunked, eventually I found some useful methods to produce fish. Its been a while since I've fished one of my favorite lakes and it was hard work, th...
By: RaysGoodLiquor
Posted: 5/28/2018
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Nailed two decent size largemouth on the north east corner of the lake. I was tossing 6in pumpkin lizards and worms into the Lilly pads on a Texas rig and got pretty aggressive bites. Ended up with ...
By: RaysGoodLiquor
Posted: 5/17/2018
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I launched my rubber raft at the public boat launch and drifted about 30 yards to the left of the dock, right by the row of thick lilly pads. I was casting into the pads and retrieving towards the ce...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 10/17/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/16/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Continuing my quest to fish a variety of Snohomish Co. lowland lakes, targeted Lake Ballinger this week. Have fished Ballinger off and on since I was 15 years old... 55 years total! Over the years I h...
By: Heatherlyfish
Posted: 9/10/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I join a fishing buddy at Ballinger. It was my first time at this lake. The water was really green and scummy looking at the launch. My friend told me the last time she had been there is was not so. ...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 4/18/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/18/2016
Hot Spots: 1
With the forecast for temps in the 80's today, was able to convince my wife, Boni, (mostly a "fair-weather fisher-woman") to join me for a morning's fishing at Lake Ballinger. We arrived at about 5:45...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 4/14/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/13/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Headed out to nearby Lake Ballinger to check out the 1,700+ trout stocked in the lake about a month ago. Arrived at the lake about 6:30 AM, one fisherman already on the pier and two others fishing off...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 12/16/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/15/2015
Hot Spots: 1
It had been a long time since my last visit to Lake Ballinger, but thought I'd like to try for some late Fall Cutthroat. My wife, Boni, and I arrived at the lake about 8:00 AM and headed for the pier....
By: Ucantpkme2
Posted: 11/3/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This is just a review for the summer of 2015. All I did was target lagemouth bass all summer at Ballinger lake. I did mostly shore fish and out on a boat and did well at both. All fish I caught except...
By: Largemouthhooker
Posted: 8/9/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Usually have pretty good luck at Ballinger, but today was tough. Even the trout guys weren't having much luck. Caught a couple real little guys on a Texas rigged tiny baby brush hog. The water was loo...
By: drysuperfly52
Posted: 6/18/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/18/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Stopped by Ballinger on my way home met up with a familiar fisherman as well. I started throwing a watermelon worm at the pads with no luck on east side of the lake. headed towards south end of the is...
By: i_tnt_1u_fishing
Posted: 11/25/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got of work early yesterday decided to try lake Ballinger got out on water around 2:30
Fished the backside of the island was wet and cold but was a good afternoon.
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 11/22/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I genuinely love fishing... not just the "catching", but the whole experience of the time and environment. I go whenever I can. Needed a little change of scenery, a little more solitude, so headed for...
By: whorde
Posted: 10/26/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So on Friday evening, hoping for a repeat of Tuesday, I skipped my workout and headed for Ballinger instead. Again, I had 1 hour of daylight give or take.
This time the wind was acting up again, o...
By: whorde
Posted: 10/21/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So tonight I was on the bus after work, about to go to the gym, and I thought to myself ... with both my knee and my arm hurting, shouldn't I take a day off? So I called an audible, raced home, and h...
By: fshnjon
Posted: 10/7/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Ballinger to get out for awhile , no bass biting today . Used rooster tail spinners in various colors as I have caught and released several small LM previously on aforementioned lures . Did me...
By: whorde
Posted: 10/6/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Catching a trout in Lake Ballinger has eluded me all summer. But after my hike to Grieder on Saturday, which was successful due to who I was going to hike with but couldn't make it, forum member jonb...
By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 10/5/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So after my successful outing targeting LMB on the lake, decided to give it a try inc more today. Fished for 2 hours and released over 10 fish, not big ones but big enough to give you a fun fight. Fis...
By: whorde
Posted: 8/31/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I'm going to have to break my own rule and give it a 5 star day due to new personal biggest bass, even though no trout.
Today I took my rubber raft out to Ballinger. I fished up north, I fished th...