Thanks for the replies. I am concerned because I have read that yellow bass have destroyed ponds and lakes in Iowa. I am in northern Illinois and the climate is very similar to that in Iowa so I am assuming that they can overwinter here. I also know that that white bass are all over the Illinois river which is only a 100 miles or so south of me. If they survive in conditions similar to white bass I would think they will live here.

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