Yellow Bass
Morone mississippiensis · Moronidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- April and May
- Largest length
- up to 46 cm (18 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 6 years
- Matures at
- about 3 years old
Values come from a national database of the United States, not Wisconsin surveys: maximum length is the species' largest recorded anywhere, and spawning months are range-wide (Wisconsin timing, in a colder climate, can be later).
USGS FishTraits 14.3 (CC0). Credit: Frimpong and Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey.
157 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.
Lakes where it has been recorded
From open fish survey and museum records. A record shows the fish was found near the lake in that year, not that it is there now.
Showing 12 of 13 lakes
- Elizabeth LakeKenosha County638 acres · 32 ft deeprecorded 2015 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Lake KegonsaDane County3,209 acres · 31 ft deeprecorded 2001 to 2007 (17 records)Lowstocked, recorded
- Lake WaubesaDane County2,080 acres · 34 ft deeprecorded 1968 to 2007 (18 records)Lowstocked, recorded
- Lake MendotaDane County9,842 acres · 82 ft deeprecorded 1978 to 2006 (8 records)Lowstocked, recorded
- Bullhead LakeManitowoc County67 acres · 40 ft deeprecorded 2005 (2 records)Lowstocked, recorded
- Delton LakeSauk County267 acres · 16 ft deeprecorded 2003 to 2005 (3 records)Lowstocked, recorded
- Crystal LakeColumbia County500 acres · 9 ft deeprecorded 2002 to 2004 (3 records)stocked, recorded
- Swan LakeColumbia County406 acres · 82 ft deeprecorded 2002 to 2003 (4 records)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Lac La BelleWaukesha County1,164 acres · 45 ft deeprecorded 1976 to 2002 (26 records)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Lower Nemahbin LakeWaukesha County271 acres · 36 ft deeprecorded 1967 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Spring LakeGreen Lake County67 acres · 54 ft deeprecorded 1961 (1 record)recorded
- Bernice LakeFond du Lac County35 acres · 11 ft deeprecorded 1960 (1 record)Moderaterecorded
- Lake WingraDane County345 acres · 21 ft deeprecorded (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded