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7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - My_Trophy_Room - 04-15-2015 Finally made it to Willard Bay last week to see what all the buzz was about with these Wipers, and it was well worth the trip from Utah County. It was slow for the first hour, and then things really started to pick up and that's when I landed this awesome 7 lb 23 inch Wiper - not bad at all for my first Wiper! I was trolling about 2.7 mph with an original black/silver Rapalla down the middle of the bay, in about 11 ft of water (FYI if you haven't fished Willard Bay it's really shallow, especially when you launch at the south marina. It was only a couple feet deep, max depth I found was about 13 feet. If you're thinking about going, I highly recommend it. These Wipers are a blast to catch. If interested, I have more photos here - http://www.mytrophyroom.com/trophy/505/7-lb-23-inch-wiper-willard-bay-utah [signature] Re: [My_Trophy_Room] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - Mike_LaTaco - 04-15-2015 WHAT A HOG!!!!!!!! Nice catch [signature] Re: [My_Trophy_Room] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - MisterCompletely - 04-15-2015 What a fattie (the fish, not you). Looks like he's been eating well. Welcome to the site, and hope to hear about more of your adventures! [signature] Re: [My_Trophy_Room] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - albinotrout - 04-15-2015 Very nice! That is awesome for a first timer. Keep it up.[cool] [signature] Re: [My_Trophy_Room] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - jjannie - 04-15-2015 What a toad... nice 1st wiper catch. Enjoy! [signature] Re: [My_Trophy_Room] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - remo_5_0 - 04-15-2015 That is awesome! I have never fished Willard or caught a Wiper, may need to go throws some flies up there! [signature] Re: [My_Trophy_Room] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - fishgiver - 04-15-2015 Great catch! Now it be just more, hard to get bigger. Congrats! [signature] Re: [fishgiver] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - DKStroutfitter - 04-15-2015 Nice Wiper. Was it full of eggs? [signature] Re: [My_Trophy_Room] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - Koko21 - 04-16-2015 Great catch, I bet the fight was amazing. Hooked into my first recently as well and like they say I think I'm already becoming addicted... [signature] Re: [Koko21] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - trfishin - 04-16-2015 WOW great catch congratulations [cool] [signature] Re: [trfishin] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - My_Trophy_Room - 04-17-2015 Thanks everyone - I'll definitely be heading back to Willard Bay! [signature] Re: [My_Trophy_Room] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - PhantomSST - 04-17-2015 Awesome fish!!! I bet that sucker put up a fight. With luck like that you better head straight to Vegas []. [signature] Re: [DKStroutfitter] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - morcey2 - 04-17-2015 [quote DKStroutfitter]Nice Wiper. Was it full of eggs?[/quote] I hope you didn't catch it right before the spawn. That would be tragic. [] [signature] Re: [morcey2] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - CarlF - 04-17-2015 Wiper are sterile hybrids, so I wouldn't be concerned with spawners. Over-harvest on the other hand... [signature] Re: [morcey2] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - wiperhunter2 - 04-17-2015 Just as CarlF said, wipers are sterile, there is always a chance but not likely they would ever spawn successfully but this time of the year the females are full of eggs and very fat. [signature] Re: [wiperhunter2] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - TubeDude - 04-17-2015 [#0000FF]Plus...wipers really don't live very long. That big fat mama is probably about at the end of her life. No reason to release it for others to catch in the future, if there is not likely to be a future. C & R and selective harvest are good things. But I think some folks kinda overdo it. Even worse are the fanatics that beat others down and try to inflict their own personal standards on them. [/#0000FF] [signature] Re: [My_Trophy_Room] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - fishinfool - 04-17-2015 Nice wiper for one of your first, A fish like that one is a treat and you will have many trips without another one that big if you ever catch another one that big. I have caught fish that big in the past and one truly big wiper to me that is in my avatar. Haven't been able to catch anything even that big in years it's good to see there are still a few left. Congrats!!!! Fishing for anything else will never be the same. See you on the water. fnf[cool] [signature] Re: [My_Trophy_Room] 7 pound 23 inch Willard Wiper - FishSlayerJT - 04-17-2015 yep, your hooked. Nice fish!... seems that the bigger ones tend to bite when the other arent... I put back 4 over 20 now, feel free to catch and keep em. Dont have time or energy by the time i get home and fish sometimes get wasted so i throw them back so others can enjoy and eat them.. [signature]