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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: 1/2/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 1/2/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I trolled a wedding ring combo and a scent vent spinner. Landed a nice 13 inch rainbow with the wedding ring but nothing else.
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 ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/8/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/8/2003
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the lake at 9 a.m. till 3p.m. and had some fish. I cook - it very hot. Me not like too many people so we go home.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/3/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/3/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing from my float tube around 5pm, fished until about 7pm, landed two nice, fat rainbows - measured in at 12". First one was caught 200 yards straight out from the public fishing dock, sec...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/25/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2003
Hot Spots: 0
If you like people watching, you're sure to love Ballinger Lake. It features a nice and productive dock, some good shoreline, a nice launch, and did I mention PEOPLE? the fishing is ok too by the wa...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/15/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished lake Ballinger today after school, caught three planters in about an hour on a rooster tail, everyone else on the dock was using powerbait and were doing well, at one point all four people on t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/20/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/20/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Got a couple of small fish, not my top pick for season opener.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/18/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/18/2003
Hot Spots: 0
4/18/2003
Thanks-to:: Robbie
Started about 6:16 am trolling around the south end Hoping for another monster like 4/8 but no such luck I did land an 8" and got it to the boat only to have the ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/7/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2003
Hot Spots: 0
What a morning!!! Started out about 7:45am and trolled to the south end of lake on spinner bait so nice strikes no lands
decided to try some bass fishing no luck so I went back to trolling and it sta...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/3/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/3/2003
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first Lake Ballinger experience and fished from about 5pm to 6pm on this very windy evening. There was quite a bit of chop on the water with partly sunny skies and the temp around 45F. I t...
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: 10/2/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/2/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 8:30 am cloudy about 55 deg no wind yet! started trolling to S. end by outlet and got 2 5 " rainbows trolled the W. side of Island and got 3 more 4"-5 " nice little fighters. decide to...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/24/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 9/24/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Catch, photo, and release please !!!! Started out about 8:15am cloudy and about 60 deg. went back to the north end lily and saw the jumping all around got some strikes on a mosquito fly but couldn't...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/29/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/29/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing 8 am for bass @ south end of lake no luck went to trolling with a spinner mepps 1/8 oz green with brass spinner got one small 8" on way back in to dock @ north tip of Island
slo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/12/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/12/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I had a bad itch for fishing so I went to the nearest lake. I just thought I would kill an hour and clean up the tackle box and maybe catch a trout on worms or power bait. After 20 minutes I decided...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/11/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/11/2002
Hot Spots: 0
We were up the area, retrieving a trolling motor we had in for repairs at Angler's Choice. Neither of us had fished the lake before.
It was a windy, rainy day.. there seven folks on the peers and o...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/8/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/8/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing about 730 am in south east corner of lake About 15 feet from shore (in a boat!). and caught 1 13"rainbow on a worm about 6 feet off bottom, no other strikes there.
Daughter caught a ...
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: 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: 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: 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: 6/13/2005
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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: 6/16/2005
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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: 6/20/2005
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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...
