Quote Originally Posted by Captain Dan View Post
I was unaware there where strippers in Clinton, until Sunday when a friend was trolling for white bass or wipers.
He called me asking if strippers had been stocked in Clinton because he had just caught 2 that where 26 inches long and did not have the broken lines like a wiper.
They where full of eggs too, which I did not understand, since strippers and wipers are not supposed to reproduce.
Can they produce eggs that will not hatch?
When where strippers stocked in Clinton?
Captain Dan,

Striped bass were last stocked in Clinton Reservoir on June 9, 1994. This stocking consisted of 141,024 fingerling striped bass. Few striped bass have been collected the last several years during KDWPT sampling efforts.

It would not be unusual for the striped bass females to be full of eggs as they are capable of reproduction, but reproduction does not usually occur in Kansas waters. Wiper females will also have eggs this time of the year. Wiper are not sterile even though they are a hybrid species. The wiper females do produce eggs and the males produce milt. Saugeye males and females, although also a hybrid species, also produce milt and eggs during the spawning season and are not sterile.