Does This Species still Exist in Wisconsin??

[@Michaelraybashaw]

**WE KNOW THESE MIGHT NOT BE WIPERS** we were very excited and tunnel visioned. We think Riley’s could have been a juvenile just because of how it fought and how it looked. We are going back soon to figure it out!! Thank you guys for the comments, any knowledge is good knowledge

[@imInfernize]

Don't let anyone take away your hype, dude! Super rad task to set out on and some radical catches regardless. Im with you on that second one, seems more wiper like. Also, i guarentee you that if you keep posting like this on the reg, youll be making all these dorks annual salary in a month! Keep it up dude!

[@Michaelraybashaw]

@@imInfernizemeans so much to me dude! Love going on the adventures the vid is just extra

[@moseskongi4746]

@@Michaelraybashaw Dat aint no striper you fool. You niggas need to learn how to identify fish species. That fish is just a regular white bass.

[@dalepavey3158]

Great video, we fished Columbia for over 12 years when Hybrids and LM were well populated. That is definitely a fish refuge where you were fishing. Been kicked out o there by trucks driving around the lake. We havent caught a Hybrid in about 10 years. Those are definitely nice sized whites, and that walleye was a nice catch. The smallies, white bass, and walleye all came through the pipe from the Wisconsin River.

[@stayntune]

❤this brings back many fond memories of when my husband and i used to fish that Lake early mornings, many moon ago. The whipers usually congregate in cooler part of the lake, mainly where you caught that walleye and the runoffs. You would instantly know when it was a whiper, they would attack your lure and dive straight down. Fun fish to fight for sure. That cooler water is pumped directly from the Wisconsin river, and im sure many other species do get sucked through the pump into Colombia. Im sure lots of monster flathead still lurk in that water, very active at night.

[@Michaelraybashaw]

thanks for the info! It’s a crazy crazy place, very mysterious, wonder what other species could be swimming around…

[@FightingTheFish]

his is the best video I have seen in a long time my oldest son shared it with me and I am taking my youngest son out sometime this week. Thank you for the awesome video it is greatly appreciated! I have a video of me catching like 20 of those in a day in that spot but that was 15 years ago. I tell my own kids stories about this place all the time!

[@Michaelraybashaw]

No way!! That sucks I was late to the party😂 would really love to get my hands on a big one

[@BWStudios2001]

Me and my old man were thinking about going to Lake Columbia for some wipers to see if they still exist there, only know for sure if you look at their tongue for 2 patches, as they indicate they’re wipers or stripers.

[@Michaelraybashaw]

Damn we didn’t check, we think the second one could have been one, we are going to figure it out soon! Thanks for the info that’s gonna help a lot

[@ramiroperez7060]

Mason Lake , Nice

[@user-wo7rp6bc6t]

Yeah, I was just there a few days ago. Caught lot's of hybrid and walleyes😊😊

[@Twangtown7]

I used to fish there back in the 90's and caught many stripers and smallies. No walleye.

[@Michaelraybashaw]

Dude, walleye was very unexpected

[@Michaelraybashaw]

Dude, walleye was very unexpected. Like others are saying, we think after everything those white bass could have been just white bass, we want to go back and grind for a while to see if we can find a true giant striper

[@WildLife_Perspective]

Epic video! The for sure way to tell would have been to get a shot of the wiper/white bass tongue tooth patches. Wipers have 2 patches while white bass have 1. What a spot though!

[@Michaelraybashaw]

Thank you man!! Yes we are going to have to check for that next time. Never have really seen one in person so now that I know all this I feel like a dork but hey, you live and you learn. I think there’s still a shot we can get on one. Next vid I will for sure make sure to point that out.

[@WildLife_Perspective]

@Michaelraybashaw well I hope it is a confirmed wiper. That would just be such a cool rediscovery.

[@Michaelraybashaw]

For sure dude 🤞

[@Michaelraybashaw]

Just subbed too

[@WildLife_Perspective]

@@Michaelraybashaw thanks! Same here.

[@toulonglor6243]

Nice catches guys! But in my opinion, those are just white bass. The lines are more distinct and strong on wipers

[@Michaelraybashaw]

I agree, I’ve also had people tell me otherwise. I definitely will do more research and we are going back to figure it out! Thank you for watching

[@tylerwachter6381]

I've been wanting to fish this lake for 2 years now! I'll be heading there after watching your video! Going to subscribe as well.

[@Michaelraybashaw]

Thank you man!!!

[@PaoThao-ss4wx]

Pretty sure that sign says fish refugee....

[@user-wo7rp6bc6t]

No, you can fish there. I just caught some hybrid and walleyes a few days ago.

[@bland3429]

Deff not 1-2year old fish. Much older but those are whitebass. Great video. Tight lines!

[@Michaelraybashaw]

Yeah that first one for sure wasn’t we think. Second one could have possibly been a younger hybrid. Never checked under the tongue like people are saying. Going back to figure it out for sure

[@bland3429]

@@Michaelraybashawgoodluck and post a updated video if you can!

[@kouvang590]

That a white bass. Wipers have stripes down the sides.

[@AnthonyXiong]

It’s too bad the program fell through… wish they still stocked them but guess not owell. Travel to Illinois or Iowa if you wanna get on some wipers my dude. Good luck and tight lines.

[@Michaelraybashaw]

Dude I know… so shitty, id love to one of these days !

[@nickkolesnik5054]

Columbia?

[@NorthandSouthWaters]

Favorite video so far hands down brother

[@Michaelraybashaw]

🤝

[@bold2013]

Wonder if there are common carp in there?

[@Michaelraybashaw]

Im sure there is, I hope not, but I think so

[@mrgeno4682]

No broken bars, I think it's a white bass.

[@ThojB414]

Nice white bass!!!

[@richardturner7560]

Nice catch and I don’t wanna sound like a jerk but like other commenters have said those are pure white bass but big healthy ones all the same👍

[@Michaelraybashaw]

No worries man not being a jerk at all! Honestly after the excitement was over, we mentioned that they for sure could have been bigger and weird looking white bass; however, the one Riley caught looked very odd compared to the first one I caught. We think there’s a chance it could have been a juvenile hybrid, we are gonna go back soon and figure it out! Thanks for the comment

[@Smojii]

Good video

[@Michaelraybashaw]

Thank you!

[@Smojii]

Woke up in the middle of the night with this video playing and ended up watching the whole thing. Definitely wanna see more. ​@@Michaelraybashaw

[@zbassr2106]

Ummm 🧐 white bass lol

[@Michaelraybashaw]

Agreed, we were tunnel vision, I think Riley’s was a juvenile just because of how it faught and how it looked. We are going back to hopefully figure it out

[@yamamotofishing360]

Sorry to tell you is a whitebass

[@Michaelraybashaw]

No worries dog