WIPER

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Perhaps the most aggressive fish in Kansas waters, the wiper is a cross between a white bass and a striped bass. Wipers grow fast, strike hard, and fight like no other fish. There are two types of wipers, the palmetto bass made using the striped bass egg and white bass sperm, and the sunshine bass made using the white bass egg and striped bass sperm. The department stocks the palmetto bass version. The wiper, like its striper parent, has two rows of teeth near the rear of the tongue. The white bass has a single tooth patch on its tongue. The state record wiper weighed 22 pounds. The world record wiper is listed at 27 pounds, 5 ounces.

Fishing Forecast Information

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Lakes

NAME Density Preferred Lunker Big fish Bio rating
  (>16") (>20") (>24") (lbs.) BR
JEFFREY ENERGY CENTER-AUXILIARY LAKE 5.00 1.46 0.00 5.88 E
SABETHA-PONY CREEK LAKE 2.83 1.92 0.50 8.36 G
JEFFREY ENERGY CENTER-MAKE UP LAKE 2.11 1.28 0.17 9.83 G
WINFIELD CITY LAKE 2.00 0.17 0.00 3.79 F
KIOWA SFL 1.50 0.88 0.13 7.41 F
COLDWATER LAKE 1.33 1.00 0.33 8.26 F
HERINGTON CITY LAKE-NEW 1.07 0.64 0.07 8.96 F
PRATT COUNTY LAKE 0.93 0.20 0.00 3.77 F
LAKE SHAWNEE 0.78 0.26 0.00 5.88 G
GRAHAM CO-ANTELOPE LAKE 0.67 0.67 0.22 7.26 G
GARNETT CITY LAKE-NORTH 0.63 0.00 0.00 3.49 F
MARION COUNTY LAKE 0.58 0.42 0.00 4.04 F
CENTRALIA CITY LAKE 0.50 0.50 0.13 9.34 P
GRIDLEY CITY LAKE 0.33 0.33 0.00 3.73 F
MELVERN RIVER POND 0.33 0.17 0.00 6.02 F
YATES CENTER CITY LAKE-NEW 0.28 0.06 0.06 6.81 G
CARBONDALE CITY LAKE-EAST 0.27 0.27 0.00 5.12 F
LEBO CITY LAKE 0.18 0.09 0.00 4.13 F
OSAGE SFL 0.18 0.06 0.00 4.20 F
HORTON-MISSION LAKE 0.17 0.17 0.00 3.80 P
MIDDLE CREEK SFL 0.17 0.00 0.00 2.39 P
DOUGLAS CO-LONESTAR LAKE 0.12 0.06 0.00 3.38 P
CRAWFORD SFL 0.11 0.06 0.00 5.38 P
GREAT BEND-STONE PARK LAKE 0.11 0.11 0.00 4.20 P
LAKE OLATHE 0.11 0.00 0.00 3.51 P
STERLING CITY LAKE 0.08 0.00 0.00 2.43 P
YATES CENTER-SOUTH OWL LAKE 0.06 0.00 0.00 2.91 F
PAOLA CITY LAKE-LAKE MIOLA 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.69 F
WELLINGTON CITY LAKE 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.34 G

Reservoirs

NAME Density Preferred Lunker Big fish Bio rating
  (>16") (>20") (>24") (lbs.) BR
KIRWIN 9.58 0.94 0.06 7.99 G
SEBELIUS 7.47 3.87 0.03 8.75 G
WEBSTER 4.97 1.21 0.26 10.88 G
CHENEY 3.40 1.50 0.00 5.46 F
CEDAR BLUFF 3.08 2.63 0.85 14.57 E
POMONA 2.43 0.80 0.00 5.12 G
MARION 2.09 1.26 0.00 5.15 E
MILFORD 2.08 0.80 0.02 6.37 G
GLEN ELDER 1.59 0.51 0.08 8.60 G
LOVEWELL 1.47 0.69 0.05 7.94 G
EL DORADO 1.03 0.68 0.00 6.75 G
CLINTON 0.81 0.25 0.00 5.98 G
KANOPOLIS 0.28 0.05 0.02 7.28 F
LACYGNE 0.15 0.00 0.00 2.29 F
WOLF CREEK 0.08 0.08 0.00 4.59 F
JOHN REDMOND 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.65 P
Stocking Records Information
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Perhaps the most aggressive fish in Kansas waters, the wiper is a cross between a white bass and a striped bass. Wipers grow fast, strike hard, and fight like no other fish. There are two types of wipers, the palmetto bass made using the striped bass egg and white bass sperm, and the sunshine bass made using the white bass egg and striped bass sperm. The department stocks the palmetto bass version. The wiper, like its striper parent, has two rows of teeth near the rear of the tongue. The white bass has a single tooth patch on its tongue. The state record wiper weighed 22 pounds. The world record wiper is listed at 27 pounds, 5 ounces.