Winter is best time to catch the Wipers
White bass - Striper HYBRID = Wiper
When the water temperature reaches 43 degrees and colder the shad really start balling up together in the deep coves. This makes them easy to locate with your depth finder and when you find them just jigging a white soft plastic or a silver jigging spoon in them brings some great results. It is really fun to catch them on light tackle or a fly rod and play them out.
Here my brother John Albertson and Todd Easton are catching them the last week of December 2007. This lake is in Indiana and is close to Bloomington. This time of year you have the whole lake to yourself except for a few duck and geese hunter’s. The wipers range in size from 5 to 16 lbs generally. We always catch and release them but they are good table fare. Limit is two and there is a size limit too.
