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Wiper Sniper Fishing

About

Wiper Sniper Fishing is a fishing charter and guide service based in Bloomington, IN. The service targets hybrid striped bass (wipers) and stripers on Lake Patoka from April through October. Trips are typically four hours long, and all fishing gear is supplied, though guests need to bring their own fishing license.

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Trip details

Fishing Types
Bass Fishing
Trip Durations
half-day, full-day

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4.9on Google, 18 reviews
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Around here

Around Wiper Sniper Fishing

Paynetown Campground8.5 miMonroe Causeway Campground10.4 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

1926 to 2026

The water at Wiper Sniper Fishing typically runs highest in March, at a median 3,820 cfs, and lowest in October, at 536 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 55,900 cfs, in 1943.

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Typical flow by month at White River at Spencer, IN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January2,040850 to 4,710
February2,7501,430 to 5,600
March3,8202,250 to 6,270
April3,5552,265 to 6,760
May2,4601,680 to 4,270
June1,6001,100 to 2,950
July1,200729 to 2,180
August794545 to 1,240
September541406 to 812
October536388 to 897
November750478 to 1,615
December1,140548 to 2,470

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 53 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for White River at Spencer, IN (site 03357000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Fri

86Go/ 100

CloudyHigh 54°F, low 38°FRain 4%Wind 10 kt, gusts 15

Streamflow

796 cfs

Normal (56th)

Water level

2.37 ft

Air quality

26 Good

Bloomington - Binford monitor, 4 km

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 14 ft. NWS reads 2.36 ft here.

NWS forecast: 2.3 ft by Sat 1 AM, below flood stage.

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service. Air quality: Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified. See full conditions →