Wiper fishing in Central Utah
18 waters in the DWR Central region hold wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) — 12 with live data, 1 rated Prime or Good right now.
Quick tactics for wiper (white × striped bass hybrid)
A sterile white bass × striper cross built for violence: wipers roam open water in wolf packs and blitz shad on the surface. When Willard Bay "boils," it's the fastest fishing in Utah — run-and-gun, cast into the melee, hold on. Between boils they're a sonar-and-patience fish.
Gizzard shad above all; also minnows, crayfish, and anything fleeing in a hurry.
- Topwater poppers or pencil baits cast into surface boils
- Shad-profile swimbaits and jerkbaits counted down along dikes
- Trolled crankbaits to locate roaming schools
- Heavy spoons jigged when they push bait deep
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Fishing best right now
- Riverton PondGood
All 18 wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) waters in central Utah
| Water | Right now | Flow / level | Water temp | Stocked | Species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverton Pond | Good | — | stocked 2w ago | channel catfish, rainbow trout, bluegill, … | |
| Fairmont Park Pond | Fair | — | stocked 3w ago | channel catfish, rainbow trout, wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) | |
| Kidney Pond | Fair | — | stocked 12d ago | brook trout, channel catfish, rainbow trout, … | |
| Maple Lake | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), rainbow trout, wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) | |
| Midas Pond | Fair | — | stocked 12d ago | largemouth bass, brook trout, channel catfish, … | |
| Penny Springs Park Pond | Fair | — | stocked 12d ago | rainbow trout, wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) | |
| Provo Delta Community Fishery | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | channel catfish, rainbow trout, bluegill, … | |
| Settlement Canyon Reservoir | Fair | 18% full | — | stocked 2w ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) |
| Gunnison Bend Reservoir | Tough | 7% full | — | stocked 7mo ago | channel catfish, walleye, wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) |
| Huntington Reservoir | Tough | 22% full | — | stocked 3mo ago | splake (lake × brook trout hybrid), tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) |
| Yuba Reservoir (Sevier Bridge) | Tough | 3% full | — | stocked 4mo ago | channel catfish, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), rainbow trout, … |
| Cove Pond | — | stocked 2mo ago | largemouth bass, brown trout, channel catfish, … | ||
| Millrace Park Pond | — | stocked 6mo ago | channel catfish, rainbow trout, bluegill, … | ||
| Pole Canyon Park Pond | — | stocked 4mo ago | channel catfish, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), … | ||
| Riverfront Pond | — | stocked 6mo ago | channel catfish, rainbow trout, wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) | ||
| Sandy Community Fishery | — | stocked 4w ago | largemouth bass, channel catfish, cutthroat trout, … | ||
| Sunset Pond | — | stocked 5mo ago | largemouth bass, channel catfish, rainbow trout, … | ||
| Canyon View Park Pond | Drained | — | stocked 5mo ago | channel catfish, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, … |