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Ballinger Lake Report
Snohomish County, WA

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05/25/2012
Bottom Fishing From Shore
Rainbow Trout
Worms
Hook & Bait
Evening
05/26/2012
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ok fish 7pm last night,getting dark early 'cause of the clouds but I've been addicted to fishing lately and ballinger is the closiest to my place so give it a try again nothing biting for me but some guys using those easter eggs floats are really nailing it,so after 'bout 45 min. got a bite finally set the hook and reeled it in, to my surprise I reeled in a catfish wow i didnt expect that,hes bout 3" dont know what to do with it and seems people round didnt know either so I let it go.can anybody tell me what kind of catfish this is and is people eating these?(safe?).the rest of the night is a waiting game so decided to pack up and go home.cant wait for sunday for another visit to st. clair.have a good holiday guys.


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FishingThePacNW
5/26/2012 9:26:00 AM
3 inches??
FishingThePacNW
5/26/2012 9:27:00 AM
I believe that is a brown bullhead??
HULI_ISDA
5/26/2012 9:41:00 AM
hahahaha sorry for the wrong measurement its 6-8" I guess.so bull head huh? does catfish on lakes around town are safe to eat?just getting curious since catching this one.
Bryce
5/26/2012 11:46:00 AM
6-8" is a little small to eat, not much meat on it, but get one around the 12+ inch mark and they are some tasty eating. Just fillet it, skin it, bread it with flour and ground red pepper and fry it.
jonb
5/26/2012 8:44:00 PM
that is 100% definitely a brown bullhead, a smaller member of the catfish family, not only safe to eat, but in my opinion better than any other type of catfish, yellow bullhead are very good aswell. these are found in many of the lakes around here, ive only caught them up to 14" in this state, but in my home state of new york, ive caught them up to 4 pounds, and average 1-2#s. they are mostly nocturnal, with the occasional taker during the day. the best way to fish them is with bait( worm, bluegill/ perch guts, chicken liver) at night, on the bottom. nice job on the day time bullhead, and thanks for the report.
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