Bumping a really old thread. Anyone stock their pond with hybrid stripers? Thanks in advance!

 

Was this fish farm in Ridgeville Corners?

 

Fifteen years ago. Have to wonder what happened and how the Stripers and Cats got along?

Hal

 

Yeah Rencoho hasn't been on the board since 2018 so we may never know, but sounds like others have had success. My use case is to control bluegill population as they are stunted.

 

In Eastern Colorado they have a lot of lakes stocked with white bass/striped bass hybrids. They call them 'Wipers'. Many of the lakes, such as Union Reservoir and Cherry Creek Reservoir, among others, have co-existing and thriving wiper and catfish populations with both species approaching 20 lbs. Both reservoirs have thriving shad populations, and also have rainbow trout, walleye, smb, and crappie.

 

They are stocked in many places in the south, in PA and MD. They are a BLAST to fish for! I have caught them in MD, PA and SC.

 

If ya like white bass. That's about what they are.

 

If you like 10 pound white bass.

Wipers used to be a common fish for stocking to help control an over abundance of baitfish, like shad. They eat more and grow faster than white bass, so they do eat a ton. And they are sterile so they won’t reproduce. So long term they require restocking. For a small pond you might also need to stock bait every year too if the pond doesn’t already grow a ton of minnows.

 

Fished them alot. 10lbs is not common 2 to 4 lbs is. Maybe in a pond different.

 

We stocked the pond at the house I grew up in with them. Heck of a lot more fun than a largemouth.