Jack Vanderpool

Jack Vanderpool, owner of The Wiper Sniper Guide Service, has been ate up with fishing since he was a kid. His love for fishing started with his dad and eventually grew into a career guiding anglers on Truman Lake. Jack specializes in wipers, also known as hybrid striped bass. He learned how to target Truman Lake wipers from Ron Cummins, a former guide on the lake, and has continued building on that knowledge through years of time on the water. Today, Jack is known for understanding where wipers set up, how they move, and how to put clients in position to catch them. Wipers are one of the hardest-fighting fish in Truman Lake, and Jack’s guide service is built around that excitement. His approach is focused, practical, and based on experience — knowing when the bite is likely to happen, how weather affects the fish, and how seasonal conditions shape their behavior. Jack has also spent decades studying the relationship between fish activity, weather, the sun, the moon, and seasonal timing. Through years of logging catches and comparing conditions, he developed his own understanding of feeding windows and bite timing rather than relying only on standard solunar tables. That attention to detail is part of what makes his guide service unique. As a Missouri Fishing Intel contributor, Jack brings specialized wiper knowledge, long-term Truman Lake experience, and practical insight into one of the lake’s most exciting fisheries. Whether clients are chasing numbers or hoping to hook into a big, hard-pulling hybrid, Jack’s focus is helping anglers experience the best wiper fishing Truman Lake has to offer.