The life span of a rock bass is about four years, reaching an average size of 6 or 7 inches in length. Rock bass build nests by scooping out depressions in gravel or sand beds. They lay between 2,000 and 11,000 eggs. The eggs hatch in five to ten days. The wiper is an exciting hybrid cross between the white bass and striped bass.
Wipers grow fast, aggressively hit lures and fight like no other fish.
While fertile, these hybrids cannot produce another hybrid. Their offspring would resemble one of the parent species. Therefore, populations are maintained through stocking wipers can be difficult to distinguish from white bass. However, they have distinct, broken horizontal stripes and will usually have Two rows of teeth on their tongue. Hybrid Bass Hybrids have silvery sides with dark stripes that are broken both above and below the lateral line.