{"id":3257,"date":"2019-04-11T18:44:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T07:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/?page_id=3257"},"modified":"2020-08-27T17:08:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T06:08:16","slug":"australian-bass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/education\/species\/australian-bass\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Australian bass (Macquarie novemaculeata<\/em>) is an iconic sport fish in south-eastern Australia. Bass is known for having an aggressive side and putting up a great fight, making it popular amongst anglers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Australian bass is native to eastern Australia, however, there are more abundant populations in Queensland and New South Wales than Victoria. In Victoria, bass is found eastwards from Wilsons Promontory, with small populations in Gippsland. Bass spend most of their time in freshwater rivers and streams. However, each year between May and August, they migrate downstream to spawn in estuaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bass can grow to 60 centimetres in length and weigh up to 3.8 kilograms, however, they are most commonly found around 35 centimetres and 1 kilogram. Bass can range from dark olive-green to greyish on their back and sides with darker scale margins and have a silvery or whitish belly. It has a protruding lower jaw, a straight to slight concave snout, moderately large eyes and their dorsal profile is evenly arched. <\/p>\n\n\n\n