I have caught plenty of landlocked Wipers and Stripers over the years in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and even Florida (sunshine bass). They can provide an amazing fishery. The Stripers can reproduce in most of the water I have fished, such as the TN and AR Rivers. These rivers have dams that mak lakes, so there is always moving water for successful spawning.

So, someone either caught or bought from a hatchery Stripers or a Striper and put it in Candlewood. I'll bet after all this publicity peeps are going to try to put stripers in all kinds of lakes....