Hidden Lake in Warren County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Hidden Lake is set in Warren County, New York. The bank is 745 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 20 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Start from Glens Falls North, 5.2 miles down the road. Lake Luzerne is 6.1 miles and Hadley 6.3 miles. Other water within reach: Berry Pond roughly 1.1 miles, Lake Vanare (1.6 miles), Butler Pond roughly 1.6 miles, Lake Forest (1.8 miles) and Wilkie Reservoir roughly 2 miles. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Hidden Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Warren County include brown trout, brook trout, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. At Hidden Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 68°F and January near 18°F. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early April. Ice usually gives way near early April, and forms again about mid December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. It sets the rhythm of the year at Hidden Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. There is somewhere to leave the car, half a mile off. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Failing this one, try Berry Pond, 1.1 miles away. Check the current arrangement for Hidden Lake.