15lb 14 oz wiper caught at Newcastle

[AFDan52]

Thanks Slabslayer666 , I was wondering what type of baitfish they were feeding on.

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                  Wow that 's a Pig for sure . So I have a question pertaining to that, What are the Wipers feeding on in Newcastle Reservoir to make them get so big? I wish Willard Bay could grow them like that.

Hey Dan, haven't heard from you in a while, hope you are doing good. Newcastle might have other things they are feeding on but from what I've heard the main minnows that they feed on is the emerald shiner. From what I've read the depth of the lake is what lets them get so big, the problem with the Willard is the lake isn't deep enough to allow them to grow to the size they get at Newcastle. In lake powell, the stripers there cannot survive to get really huge when they get in shallow water for longer than a few minutes. The really big stripers and by big I'm talking 30 pounds and bigger, in Powell stay in deep water and make brief trips to shallow water to feed, then they have to retreat to the deeper colder water. If Willard was just ten foot deeper they could get as big as they do in Newcastle.

Hi Curt , we've had a rough last couple of weeks as my wife took a fall while she was out feeding the chickens hurt her tailbone pretty good then I came down with some Gastrointestinal Stomach bug that lasted for a week. But everything is good now. As for Willard I would like to see them deepen that reservoir to the proper depth for the Wipers , but I don't see that happening.