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By: Beeler5
Posted: 6/6/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I called my buddy at 12am the night before to see if he wanted to go and do some fishing. We hit the lake at 9:45 am.. The water was like glass. Put the boat in the water. The water temp was 40 dergee...
By: N E 1 FISSION
Posted: 3/29/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a day off and heard they just stocked Ballinger. Regardless of wind and rain, I gave it a shot. Felt like the 2011 Mariners, no hits!! Stayed there for about 20 minutes and finally gave up. Lookin...
By: N E 1 FISSION
Posted: 3/31/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went after work, powerbait with 2 foot leader, 3rd cast got 1st one. Had 2 more hits after, beautiful sunset. Going to Green Lake tomorrow. Anyone know if I can use my 2 pole endorsement here? Also, ...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 10/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
A very interesting day at Lake Ballinger. Arrived at pier at 7:30AM, already one fisherman on pier (Dustin). Was showery the first hour, then extremely windy the rest of the day. Estimate 30 to 35 mph...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 10/18/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Ballinger to meet up with friend Pete, who is finally able to fish again after being laid up with a bad back. Arrived at the lake at 7:00AM and was fishing by 7:15. Night air was cold (45 degr...
By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 11/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit ballinger on the way home from work,got to the water at freezing 820am just got some new kastmaster lure so decided to practice on those used all for color combo 3rd cast strike and miss,after man...
By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 11/9/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit ballinger lake again today,since i havent had luck on salmon fishing this past trips to the river decided to hit the local lake and it didnt disapoint me,fish for 1.5 hrs and got limits and c/r so...
By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 11/20/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got off at 7 this morning,and its not raining and the sun was peeking out,so decided to hit ballinger for a couple hours before heading home,was amaze on how high the water was,i wanted to take pictur...
By: N E 1 FISSION
Posted: 12/2/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got up before sunrise, a little windy but no rain, headed to the lake which is just a little over 2 miles away, excited!! Read they planted some trips in Ballinger, had to give it a shot, arrived by 0...
By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 1/3/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to ballinger to start a new year with fishing spend 3 hours with 2 fish.its slow fishing everywhere.the only fun happen for the day is this...I've been having a bite,strikes and tip down really h...
By: Snoop
Posted: 3/16/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had nothing going on this morning, so I went to the garage to see what rout gear I had left over from last year. I havent been out since steelhead in December. Decided to stay close to home and hit ...
By: fishon
Posted: 3/16/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Friday after being skunked at Green lake. Landed two ten inch, one rainbow one cutthroat on the fly. My fishing buddy had no luck. Buddy met his friend there, friend stated after we left, at...
By: N E 1 FISSION
Posted: 3/17/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had to get out, got to the lake around 1700, saw 4 people on the dock with nothing to show, 2 other on the bank, but could not tell their success. Went with powerbait on 1 pole and a spinner on the ot...
By: Snoop
Posted: 3/24/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took a couple friends fishing. Used power bait off the dock. Lots of hits, but light biters. I was playing guide for most of the time so missed alot of fish. Friends girl friend caught two. Once ...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 3/26/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Been a while since I've been able to get out to fish... got off work early, so called friend Pete to see if he wanted to get out. Met at Lake B. at about 2:30 and headed to the pier. One other fisherm...
By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 3/26/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to fish ballinger at noon,got to the water aound 10:30 fish off the dock only one guys fishing fron dock and 2 on floaties.using poweeggs one one pole and kastmater on the other.fishing was sl...
By: ripsomelip
Posted: 3/26/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
took the daughter to Ballinger for an hr before sunset. she got 3 bows. power eggs on with a tip of gulp worm. If you have kids, this would be a great avenue for them to catch a fun little rainbow. lo...
By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 3/28/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Meet. NE1fission at green lake early morning lake was calm and nice perfect for trout fishing as they say but we cant get fish to bite only able to fish for maybe an hour wife called kids need breakfa...
By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 4/14/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished ballinger with my dad,fished for two hours with nothing lake was dead today not even a nibble,thinking of calling it quit then realize that my dad barely go out to fish so decided to take him t...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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
