We Found Hard-Fighting Wipers and Caught Many 5lbers
Post By: FishHuntNow Posted: 4/7/2021 3:51:29 PMPoints: 1643
I love Spring time fishing! Most every species is ready to aggressively feed to put some pounds back on especially Wipers, they eat more then most fish to keep active and boy were they aggressive! Between me and Paul we must have caught over 30. All returned to the water and swimming strong.
I highly recommend some Wiper fishing if you want a hard fighting fish, fair warning you may not want to trout fish again. ). Here is a video [log in for link]
Also some pictures below of our catches and the beautiful day.
Those things are all muscle. I run into a few every spring with my crappie jig. They'll destroy the transmission on a new ultralight reel. I would need physical therapy if I caught 30.
Yes they are! I seriously thought the very first one I caught was a snagged carp or something, it startled me and it felt like a rock pulling me. Thankfully my only accidental catch with a crappie rod was a 19 inch walleye I was vertically jigging that I got.
Reply by: ass bass or cash Posted: Apr. 7, 7:49:35 PM Points: 2169
That's an EPIC day! Thanks for sharing. I saw a dead wiper floating at Jackson last year that had to be close to 36", my guess is it was hit by a boat or died of old age.... Unreal how big they get. My buddy lost one last year that stripped all the line off his reel after destroying the drag on a cheap set-up We both looked at each other in disbelief on how fast that thing took off.
There is a reason I spend a lot of time at Jackson in the summer....Wipers are FUN. They will absolutely put your skills to the test. I love catching them. I've yet to find the elusive big boys out there, but I KNOW they're there...
Some day I'll get one....and some day I'll win the lottery too....yeah. Power of positive thinking.
Nice catches and again a good video.
Edit: No, that is NOT Jackson, just a similar type of lake.
Reply by: FishHuntNow Posted: Apr. 8, 10:27:27 AM Points: 1643
Ass bass or cash,
That is a massive wiper. I'm going to Swanson this year should be a blast and hopefully i can catch a 25 plus incher.
D-Zilla, thank you sir, a compliment coming from you means a lot. I don't ever target wiper, goingafter walleye or crappie I've caught a decent amount of wiper. This day put my tackle to test. Glad I have a Shimano reel in these situations. Can't wait to target them from my yak.
Native_BW. No drum i was surprised, i thought my first walleye was one but no luck. The lake is wakeless so many boats don't want to launch, there's no dock and have to walk a mile plus for good shoreline fishing. I don't mention the name.
SirGreg. After my lake trout outing which gave me a sore hand and shoulder, this pretty much did the same.
Reply by: wingman13 Posted: Apr. 8, 10:53:32 AM Points: 996
Great Job guys! Nice to see there are still quality fish in there. There's been talk that quite a few have been lost. Got a 12.5 in perch last year, near where you got the walleye, which really surprised us!
Reply by: D-Zilla Posted: Apr. 8, 11:01:36 AM Points: 2468
You get them in your Yak, and even sub-keeper size with drag you around. Be ready for a tow job if you find the big boys. I got a LOT of 12-14 inchers last year out of Jackson and they would literally spin my kayak around in circles. Nevermind the ride you get from carp when you hook one....that is EPIC.
Nothing like trolling flicker shads and running through a school of wipers though, it's a rush for certain.
I think that's why they rank so high on my list of favorite species to catch.
I can't wait to get my kayak down to SC this summer for a little Striper action....some of the stripers coming out of the lake my family lives near are MONSTERS. 40" fish! I can't wait to get ahold of one of those....the one time I did it completely stripped my rod of line and I NEVER saw the fish...it took my bait and RAN. I think I was a little "under powered" then...I'd only taken my medium gear to fish with. Now I have some much heavier gear down there in storage waiting for my next visit.....
I honestly can't imagine hooking a 30" plus wiper on "Colorado" gear.....
Reply by: snotsickles08 Posted: Apr. 8, 11:27:15 AM Points: 23
is this jackson reservoir? looking to take my boat to some new places instead of fishing for trout and pike all the time. thanks!! you can email me at kylemiller_21287@hotmail.com if you dont want to say on here.
Wingman, I didn't know perch were in here. Perch are my nemesis when it comes to open water I need to figure them out sometime.
D-Zilla, I have a Top Angler peddle drive kayak, I should get it out sometime for some wiper fishing I bet it would be a blast! I'm thinking McConoughey someday.
Be careful if you do. Big Mac is a LOT like the mile when the wind comes up it's brutal and sudden! I'd love to put mine on there, but that is a long drive for a day of fishing.
I plan to hit my mudhole Sunday with my son, maybe we'll find some of those pretty stripedy fishes. Too bad I won't have my kayak though. Always next weekend, and every weekend until September as long as the water levels hold!
FHN, we didn't know there were any perch there either. It was the only one we caught. We released it, so hopefully it made lots of babies :-) Need to watch the weather there, its tough getting across the lake when there's whitecaps, and you need to be wakeless.
