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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/9/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/8/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Only rated this lake a two because the other guys on the dock were cool. Fishing was poor. Fished between 7:30-9:00 pm. 6 poles no fish. Fished out already!?
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/8/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/8/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the dock for a few hours today, I caught a 10 incher with a Roostertail on my first cast. A guy and his kids caught one on Power Bait (Orange) a few minutes later, and that was all she wrote fo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/18/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/17/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished late evening Monday. As I arrived an older gentleman was leaving telling me that the fishing had been great an hour earlier but the bite had calmed down a bit. The weather was Washingtonlike ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/18/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/18/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Another cold morning, and no fish. But the big news is for whoever snagged the crappy little gas can out of the back of my truck. What were you thinking? And what were you trying to do with my tail...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/12/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/4/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Saturday morning and it was cold, as in ice on the boat cold. Marked a few fish on the fish finder, but no bites. We were dragging all the normal stuff Rapalas, wedding rings, spinners and nothing s...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/22/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/19/2006
Hot Spots: 0
sunny but cold day, a few other anglers on the dock
pull up this 18inch trout, 9 1/2inch girth at around 2:15 on marshmellow and worm
first trout out of this lake and my biggest trout yet (not...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/5/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 1/5/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Hello all :D. im 14 years old and i bet alot of you have seen me there, seeing as most of the people at ballinger stare at me in my boat thinking "where the heck are his parents?" well anyways. i abso...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/28/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the lake in my little raft about 12:15pm. Went towards the north end of the lake and did a little trolling as my brother rowed. after about an hour of fishing i pulled up a nice 10 inch rai...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/24/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I apologize if this is the wrong medium to be asking this in, but I had to find out if someone else has heard something about this: I heard 2nd or 3rd hand that on Wed. June 22, someone fishing from ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/20/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the lake just before the bite and trolled around for a few hours using mainly flatfish which always work for me. Caught 2 decent rainbows, lost 3.
Stillfished late at the end of the isla...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/16/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Took my 6yr old boy down to the lake after momma got off of work. He loves to fish and we always tease each other about who is the better fisherman, well last night I had to cheat to stay even with th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/13/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the lake at 6:00pm with a buddy in a small aluminum boat to discover the secrets of this lake and we found them!
Trolled the lake with weighted flatfish lures at first for an hour or two...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/11/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I fish Ballinger about three or so days a week. All has been normal (11 -12 inch Rainbows) untill this past week. Now the hold-overs are hitting. 14 to 17 inch Bows (I know there are bigger ones ou...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/7/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to do some dock fishing at about 9:45 pm. Just thought I would throw my pole in for about 15-20min before I went home for the night. Asked everyone on the dock if the fish were biting and th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/25/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I was on the Lake in my pontoon boat at 7:15 pm in a light breeze with cloudless sky. Trolled small weighted olive next gen woolley bugger with floating line. This is usually a dealy combination on la...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/31/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 3/31/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Well, if you don't mind rain and hail, yesterday was a great day for fishing. The wind stayed down basically all day so it was time to get out the tube again. This was the first time I had fished this...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/4/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/4/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I've been checking out the dock this past week and it seems like the fishing has been slow - actually dead. I guess the fish are waiting for the water to start warming up a bit more for them to start...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/1/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 10/1/2004
Hot Spots: 0
It's excellent for bass I'm catching 6 a day 5lbers on mepps algia
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/29/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 9/29/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Well I got out about 9:30,put on the waders, and hopped in my floatboat. About and hour into it I caught 2 rainbows about 12inches between the dock and the island, Using a trolling technique with #...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/15/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/15/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to a friends dock on the lake today. The action was non stop for perch, crappie, some trout, and a few small bass. I think we ended catching some where around 25 fish today. Most fish wer...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/16/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/16/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Lake Ballinger at 5:30am. Figured with everyone out on Washington for sockeye it would be nice and quiet casting off the dock. 4 on the dock when we arrived. No luck with a green wedding ring...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/21/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/21/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Same tactics, same time, same fly as last week. No bites, bumps or bruises. I guess I didn't take into account all the hot weather we've had recently. I did see 3 or 4 fish dredged up from the bottom....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/15/2004
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Put my pontoon boat in at 7:15pm, had two chunky 14" rainbows in my lap by 8pm. Fished for another hour, landed two more, LDR'd two. Next time I'll go earlier as the bite slowed down after 8:30. Was t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/18/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/18/2004
Hot Spots: 0
We started fishing from the boat at around 6:15 p.m., over on the northwest side of the lake. We anchored just off of the shoreline, near the lily pads in about 16' of water. The fishfinder sho...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/15/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2003
Hot Spots: 0
What a fathers day! Started out about 6 am trolling the south end and nothing till the docks then a 7" on a flat fish (silver with spots blue and pink)
tried for bass no luck
then went to the north ...