Most of the yellow bass’s growth occurs in the first three years of growth with the average growth for the first three years being 1.5 inches per year.

Features

Yellow Bass are shaped very similar to that of the White Bass being moderately long and stocky with the deepest part between the dorsal fins as opposed to round and compressed. It’s head is small with a large mouth. It has a brassy, silver or bright yellow colour and may sometimes have a greyish olive colour on its back.

It can be distinguished from the White Bass by its golden colouring and broken stripes. It has five to eight dark stripes horizontally along its body, but stopping by its gill cover.

Size

The Yellow Bass is closer in size to that of a yellow perch than it is to other bass.

These are tiny fish that seldom grow over 12 ounces, averaging between eight and 11 ounces with the current record Yellow Bass being two pounds, .95 ounces and was caught from the Morse Reservoir just north of Indianapolis in 1977.

At the end of year one, they reach between five to eight inches in ideal growing conditions. At the end of year three, the average between six to nine and a half inches by the end of two years; by the end of year three, they average between six and a half inches to ten and a half inches; and by the end of year four reaching a maximum length of 11 inches.

Most of the yellow bass’s growth occurs in the first three years of growth with the average growth for the first three years being 1.5 inches per year.