Lake Ballinger

WA · Snohomish

Stocked
101 acres mapped (USGS NHD)
1.9 miles of shoreline
Washington sport fishing rules (WDFW)

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The pin marks the middle of the water, for directions. The shoreline on the map comes from USGS NHD.

At a glance

Acres: 101 acres
Shoreline: 1.9 miles of shoreline
County: Snohomish County
Last stocked: October 7, 2026
Species: Rainbow, Coho

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Stocking history

Species	Qty	Size	When
Rainbow	1275	0.85	10-07-2026
Rainbow	3000	2.0	05-07-2026
Rainbow	3600	2.0	03-17-2026
Rainbow	672	0.8	11-03-2025
Rainbow	672	0.8	10-27-2025
Rainbow	670	0.67	10-07-2025
Rainbow	3795	2.3	05-06-2025
Rainbow	3864	2.3	03-18-2025
Coho	373	500.0	03-02-2025
Rainbow	500	0.8	11-25-2024
Rainbow	1000	0.8	11-19-2024

Gear for the fish stocked here

Rainbow Trout

Rod: Light or ultralight spinning rod, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet; 5 to 6.5 feet suits stocked ponds.

Line: 4 to 10 lb monofilament, with 6 to 8 lb a good middle. Go lighter in clear water.

Baits: worms or cut nightcrawlers, salmon eggs, kernel corn

Lures: small inline spinners, small spoons, curly tail jigs and grubs

Full Rainbow Trout gear guide

Coho Salmon

Rod: Same trolling rods as Chinook, 8.5 to 10.5 feet. For rivers and piers, drift rods rated 15 to 30 lb.

Line: 15 lb mono for trolling. Drift setups use lighter line than for Chinook.

Baits: spawn bags, salmon roe

Lures: bright red or orange spoons, crankbaits and floating-diving minnow plugs, spinners

Full Coho Salmon gear guide

Gear for every species

Likely species (watershed)

Alaskan Stickleback, Fathead Minnow, Largescale Sucker, Longnose Dace, Prickly Sculpin, Redside Shiner, Reticulate Sculpin, Riffle Sculpin, Shorthead Sculpin, Speckled Dace, Torrent Sculpin

Likely species come from USGS Aquatic GAP ranges for the whole watershed (HUC8). They show what may be here, not a count of this water.

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Some stocking records are adapted from LurePassion (formerly lurepassion.com) (normalized and matched to our waters), licensed CC BY 4.0. State agencies retain their own terms for the underlying records.