Catch & Release (ALL BASS- Largemouth aka LMB / Wiper)

[VinePatrol]

ALL BASS are Catch and Release ONLY. LMB and Wipers.

Irvine Lake Catch and Release rules are readily displayed/viewable at the tackleshop, fishing cleaning stations, private boat launch and rental boat launch areas for you all to read/view.

We can check your livewells/ice-chests etc to see your limits/catches at anytime. Please abide by Irvine Lake fish limit rules (on your fishing stickers/passes worn), and release ALL BASS (Largemouth & Wipers) caught so they may be caught again by other fellow fisherman...the bigger, the funner to catch!




Wipers like this don't get this big by fisherman illegally keeping...



WIPER INFO



Wipers are a hybrid created by crossing striped bass with white bass, and as a result they have features of both. Wipers have a series of small dots that form horizontal stripes running lengthwise down the side that are intermediate between the well-defined stripes of striped bass and the dim stripes of white bass. The wiper’s stripes are more broken than those of the striped bass and when young, the stripes are faded, and juvenile wiper are easily confused with white bass.

Like striped bass, wipers have a parallel row of teeth on the tongue, while the white bass has a single, egg-shaped mass on the tongue.


LARGEMOUTH BASS (LMB aka Widemouth)






The largemouth is an olive green fish, marked by a series of dark, sometimes black, blotches forming a jagged horizontal stripe along each flank. The upper jaw (maxilla) of a largemouth bass extends beyond the rear margin of the orbit. In comparison to age a female bass is larger than a male. The largemouth is the largest of the black basses, reaching a maximum recorded overall length of 29.5 in/75 cm and a maximum recorded weight of 25 pounds 1 ounce (11.4 kg).The fish lives 16 years on average.


THANK YOU,

VinePatrol & STAFF

[VinePatrol]

Fri-Sunday 9/14-9/17 2012

Irvine Lake Water Temps: 77-80 degrees
Weather: Clear, abundant sunshine.
Lows to Highs: 68-102


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[Ifishtoolittle]

Have wipers always been on the CPR list?

[Fish Dog]

hummm...pay us $22 and then re-stock the lake for us too....okaaaaaay

[Ifishtoolittle]

hummm...pay us $22 and then re-stock the lake for us too....okaaaaaay

Sure, do you want some Tiger trout with that too? I was just asking because I recall seeing some old Irvine pics of people holding wipers in front of the tackle shop.

[VinePatrol]

Have wipers always been on the CPR list?

Eversince we stocked the Wipers last, they have been.

[VinePatrol]

Here's a shot of Greg Sowers sized Wiper caught & released, this pass weekend using a Rapala CD5

[VinePatrol]

here's a shot i got of Jonichi Nishizawa's C&R'd solid 8.10 early last week-




and a photo of the successful release back into the Vine

[oomicha3loo]

I don't get why its catch and release but yet we have to pay 22$ for entrance fee..and then 10$ for launch.

[tomah]

its probably catch n release because bass do not get stocked normally. everyone wants to have fun catching the big one :)