The Yellow Bass has been stocked in nearby states, including Arizona, to their native distribution with good success. We also have reports that they have been introduced to other regions, but this remains unsupported.

Yellow Bass are located in Lake Michigan and the Mississippi basins from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan south to the Pearl River drainage in Louisiana, the Galveston Bay drainage in Texas and the lower Coosa and Mobile Bay drainages, east to western Indiana and eastern Tennessee and west to western Iowa and eastern Oklahoma. Essentially, the yellow bass, while found in most parts of the Mississippi valley, it is concentrated to the bottom two-thirds of the river basin.

While it is found in most of the same locations as the white bass, it is more southerly distributed. The Yellow bass is native to the Mississippi river basin including southern Minnesota to Ohio and south to Texas and Louisiana. It can also be found in many lakes including Clear Lake in Indiana and Lake Wingra Wisconsin.

Stocking Programs

The Yellow Bass has been stocked in nearby states, including Arizona, to their native distribution with good success. We also have reports that they have been introduced to other regions, but this remains unsupported.