At one point, John had one on that snapped his 14-pound-test Big Game line! The bite was subtle – no thumping, just a feeling of weight on the line. ![]() Matt was throwing green and John was throwing a green/chartreuse laminate. Matt was pitching Yamamoto Kreatures and Cowboys to the trees and brush, and John was pitching an unweighted Senko. If Matt and John had boated every bite, they would have had a 30-pound limit! This lake is strictly catch and release, and no live bait is allowed, which means that all the big fish caught here stay here. “You might only get 5 bites a day at Hidden Lake,” Matt had told us, “but they will all be quality bites.” He wasn’t lying – we got on the water at around 8:00 am (the lake opens at 7:00), and by noon we had three giant bass in the boat. We went to Hidden Lake with Matt Shura in early April did some flipping and some Senko fishing. There are also lots of good structure and cover in the water. This is a good-sized lake – 60 acres - and it is almost surrounded by tall bushes and trees, which grow right over the water. There is an inlet at one end and an outlet at the other, but for the most part the water is kept fresh because the Gila actually flows underground here, but the gravel pit was dug deeper than the water table.Ĭlick here to see a list of AZ Lakes AZ Pros Stories on Western Outdoor Times. The Gila River feeds this lake, which used to be a gravel pit. Hidden Lake is being managed as a trophy bass lake, and has been stocked with Florida strain bass. ![]() This is a private lake, and you pay to get in, but you pay to get into any lake, right? Inlet At Hidden Lake A new lake opened in Arizona just this year – Hidden Lake near Buckeye.
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