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By: serveandcollect
Posted: 8/12/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day at ballinger. Only fished for like 2 hours and ended up with 3 nice trout. Great day out on the lake like always.
By: serveandcollect
Posted: 8/12/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Had a good time ended up with 3 trout the one in the picture being the biggest. Lost 2 other trout when I got them to the boat. not bad for like 3 hours of fishing.
By: serveandcollect
Posted: 8/3/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water about 6:15 had my first 2 hits just getting about 100 feet away from the launch. It was a great day like always at ballinger. It was wierd because the island was still smoking due to ...
By: phatdak
Posted: 7/19/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out on the lake at 8:00AM, hooked into the first rainbow with in the first 30 min. After that averaged one about an hour. Came in at 1:30pm with four total and really nice sunburn. All four wer...
By: serveandcollect
Posted: 6/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
LAKE BALLINGER :
started off the day trolling with a black and silver rooster tail ( my favorite). I had a few hits before i even made it about halfway around the area I troll but didnt land anythi...
Posted: 5/20/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Only had 4 strikes but two made it to the net. Caught the bigger one first and decided to keep the smaller one as well since I was going to be cleaning a fish anyway.
By: urbanangler
Posted: 5/3/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After fishing Pine in the morning, the missus asked me to take the kid fishing -- poor me. Decided to go out to Ballinger for the afternoon. Fished from 3 to 5pm. Not long after leaving the shore, the...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/29/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day, went out for a few hours and got 1 and had a few bites. Can't ask for better than that this time of year.
By: bluebullitt2003
Posted: 4/23/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
What a terrible day, I bought a new float tube and was all excited to use it. Pumped up the float tube and set out. Got about 15 feet off the shore and I sank because I didnt put enought air and tight...
Posted: 4/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Good Day....Went out to Ol' Lake Ballinger yesterday and trolled a green f-2 flatfish till it died and then put on a maggot or two and got a few feeder trout south of the launch off the old dock. I ...
By: TrollingJones13
Posted: 3/28/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Ballinger today to try my luck and also try out my new pontoon boat. No luck at all. Tired both the northern bank, as well as all around the island. I fished around the structure and downe...
By: czech_mate
Posted: 3/8/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Nothing to report..... Saw one person leave with about a 16" rainbow that was caught before I got there. Spent a few hours there with no bites. I can say, that it was really cold as soon as the sun we...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the lake at 7am, following my trailer jumping off the hitch and nearly penetrating my tail gate (knew I shouldn't have fabricated my own). I trolled awhile with a pink/silver dicknite to n...
By: lutsk929
Posted: 2/6/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I am finally fully equipped with a boating package and decided to visit my hometown lake of Ballinger. The time of day was ill-advised to actually catch fish (3pm), but my girlfriend and I had a late ...
By: bluebullitt2003
Posted: 1/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
went to ballinger when i had a break from classes down at the U to kill some time. I just got a fly rod and figured I would practice my cast and put on a fly and see if anything happens. It was sunny ...
By: fishingboy
Posted: 1/19/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/19/2009
Hot Spots: 3
went to ballinger for a few minutes only caught a duck by accident! put up a fight while try to recover her! lost a few yards of lines and the crawdad jig! I did see a beautiful bald eagle trying to g...
Posted: 10/2/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I figured that due to the weather I would check out Lake Ballinger from my little boat. After having problems getting the boat off the trailer due to it sticking to the runners and actually goin...
By: fishingboy
Posted: 9/29/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/27/2008
Hot Spots: 1
went out to ballinger all day from 8:30ish to 615: p.m. had no luck only caught was a perch, and several bites from perch and a bite hella far. 80 yards out possibly!
Posted: 9/24/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I fished for 3 hours with chartreuse power eggs, rainbow PB, Worms and Marshmallows starting at 9:30. I caught 3 trout about 11 to 13 in. They had some little red marks on their bellies so they went ...
By: bluebullitt2003
Posted: 9/22/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/22/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I just dont get it, I have been here for 4 months and have not caught a single fish. This place is just total luck, I will have my pole in for 4 hours, and some guy with come along with the exact same...
By: limedodge73
Posted: 8/7/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out for a little late afternoon fishing. got in water around 4:30 and fished untill 7:00. I went straight across to the island and drifted up and down the east side of it. just using a worm an...
Posted: 8/3/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Ballinger.. (have you ever tried "check spelling" for ballinger?) Funny! ...for the afternoon and early evening bite with the dock boys. The fishing wasn't real hot but everyone caught fish ...
By: Malferan
Posted: 7/21/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/17/2008
Hot Spots: 0
well still getting a fish a day out of ballinger off the dock,the stinkin things are getting big about 14-16 inches and about a pound per fish
By: IEnjoiBreak
Posted: 7/6/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My cousin, brother and I hit the lake around 6:30 and stayed until about 9:30. There were already a few people at the dock we were gonna fish at but no one had gotten anything so far. The second i w...
By: trenika
Posted: 7/5/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
slow day out on lake ballinger.
caught one about 10 inches with yellow power egg.