08-17-2006, 09:46 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Unless you find yourself on a trip to Utah or Colorado, you are probably not likely to get any wiper action. They are used as a management species in waters where a top end predator is needed for the control of smaller prey species, but where they do not want a runaway population. Wipers are sterile hybrids of the white bass and striper.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]They were planted in Willard Bay Reservoir as a means of keeping the gizzard shad in check. They have also been planted in Newcastle Reservoir, in Utah, to control the illegally introduced golden shiners. The resident trout and smallmouth bass were not doing the job and the shiner population was exploding. The wipers are growing quickly and should provide another Utah wiper fishery by the end of this year. it is a bit more distant though. Might as well go to Lake Powell for the stripers. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]They were planted in Willard Bay Reservoir as a means of keeping the gizzard shad in check. They have also been planted in Newcastle Reservoir, in Utah, to control the illegally introduced golden shiners. The resident trout and smallmouth bass were not doing the job and the shiner population was exploding. The wipers are growing quickly and should provide another Utah wiper fishery by the end of this year. it is a bit more distant though. Might as well go to Lake Powell for the stripers. [/#0000ff]
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