The upshot? Bass Strait is shallow. It has an average depth of just 60 metres, presenting risks to less experienced sailors who are used to navigating in deep ocean waters.

Offshore gas supplies are running out in the Bass Strait and there are plans to dismantle some of Esso's ocean gas rigs. But the company's intention to leave parts of them in the sea has sparked ...

Learn how to ice fish for bass with this expert guide! Discover the best locations, essential gear, and winning techniques to catch largemouth and smallmouth bass on frozen lakes this winter.

Exploring the last ice age, when falling sea levels exposed the Bass Strait seafloor in southeastern Australia as a land bridge, enabling people to cross it.

A video shared to Instagram shows Texas angler Grady Codd catching three 6-plus-pound largemouth bass on one cast.

Plans for large-scale seismic surveys in the Bass Strait have raised questions about their effects on marine life, a controversial issue that is still not fully known.

An elusive type of 'walking' fish is believed to have been caught on camera near a remote Bass Strait island, more than 25 years since the last sighting of the species.

Esso, the joint venture of ExxonMobil and Woodside, has withdrawn plans to leave some parts of decades-old oil and gas infrastructure in the Bass Strait after the plan that could have saved ...

ExxonMobil claims some of the giant Bass Strait oil and gas structures were designed never to be removed. ExxonMobil, one of the owners of the Gippsland Basin joint venture Esso Australia, has ...

Offshore gas supplies are running out in the Bass Strait and there are plans to dismantle some of Esso's ocean gas rigs. But the company's intention to leave parts of them in the sea has sparked ...