Fish consumption advisories
California
California publishes advisories for 156 waters, covering 1668 species-and-size recommendations.
Contaminants of concern: DDT, DIELDRIN, Mercury, PBDE, PCBs, Selenium
Statewide advisory
These apply across California, including waters with no specific advisory of their own.
- American Shad Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to four meals per week. Advisory for Fish that Migrate
- American Shad Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Advisory for Fish that Migrate
- Black Bass Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Black Bass Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Black Bass Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Black Bass Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Brown Trout Over 16" Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Brown Trout Under 16" Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to three meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Brown Trout Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Brown Trout Over 16" Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Brown Trout Under 16" Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Brown Trout Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Bullhead Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Bullhead Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to three meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Bullhead Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Bullhead Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Cabezon Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Cabezon Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- California Corbina Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated PCB. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- California Corbina Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to one meal per week due to elevated PCB. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Catfish Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Catfish Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Catfish Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Catfish Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Chinook Salmon Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to four meals per week. Advisory for Fish that Migrate
- Chinook Salmon Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Advisory for Fish that Migrate
- Common Carp Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Common Carp Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Common Carp Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Common Carp Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Crappie Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Crappie Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Croaker Species: White, Yellowfin, Queenfish Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to four meals per week. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Croaker Species: White, Yellowfin, Queenfish Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Goldfish Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Goldfish Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Goldfish Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Goldfish Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Inland Silverside Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to four meals per week. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Inland Silverside Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Kelp Bass Sea Bass Species: Barred Sand Bass Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Kelp Bass Sea Bass Species: Barred Sand Bass Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Lingcod Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Lingcod Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Rainbow Trout Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to four meals per week. Advisory for Fish that Migrate
- Rainbow Trout Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to four meals per week. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Rainbow Trout Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to three meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Rainbow Trout Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Advisory for Fish that Migrate
- Rainbow Trout Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Rainbow Trout Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Red Shiner Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to four meals per week. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Red Shiner Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Rockfish: Black And Yellow, China, Copper, Gopher Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Rockfish: Black And Yellow, China, Copper, Gopher Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Rockfish: Black, Blue, Brown, Kelp, Olive, Rosethorn, Vermillion Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to four meals per week. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Rockfish: Black, Blue, Brown, Kelp, Olive, Rosethorn, Vermillion Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Sacramento Pikeminnow Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Sacramento Pikeminnow Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Sacramento Pikeminnow 16 Inches Or Less Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Sacramento Pikeminnow 16 Inches Or Less Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Sacramento Pikeminnow > 16 Inches Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Sacramento Pikeminnow > 16 Inches Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Sacramento Sucker Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Sacramento Sucker Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Sacramento Sucker Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Sacramento Sucker Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Shark Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Shark Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Small Flatfish Species: Diamond Turbot, Longfin Sanddab, Speckled Sanddab, Spotted Turbot Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to four meals per week. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Small Flatfish Species: Diamond Turbot, Longfin Sanddab, Speckled Sanddab, Spotted Turbot Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to four meals per week. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Striped Bass Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Advisory for Fish that Migrate
- Striped Bass Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Striped Bass Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Advisory for Fish that Migrate
- Striped Bass Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Sunfish Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Sunfish Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Sunfish Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Sunfish Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Rivers, Streams, and Creeks without Site-Specific Advice
- Surfperch Species: Barred, Black, Pile, Rainbow, Spotfin, White Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to four meals per week. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Surfperch Species: Barred, Black, Pile, Rainbow, Spotfin, White Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Surfperch Species: Shiner, Silver, Walleye Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to two meals per week due to elevated PCB. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Surfperch Species: Shiner, Silver, Walleye Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to two meals per week due to elevated PCB. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Threadfin Shad Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to four meals per week. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Threadfin Shad Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site?specific Advice
- Topsmelt Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to four meals per week. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- Topsmelt Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: limit to two meals per week due to elevated Mercury. Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice
- White Sturgeon Women 50 and older and men 18 and older Limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Advisory for Fish that Migrate
- White Sturgeon Women 18–49 and children 1–17 For women 18–49 and children 1–17: do not eat due to elevated Mercury and PCB. Advisory for Fish that Migrate
Waters with advisories in California
156 waters on file. A water not listed here has no advisory in the state's data — which usually means it has never been sampled, not that it's been cleared.
Coastals 12
- Castaic Lagoon Los Angeles
- Elkhorn Slough Monterey
- Humboldt Bay Humboldt
- Mission Bay San Diego
- O'Neill Forebay Merced
- San Diego Bay San Diego
- San Francisco Bay Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma
- Santa Monica Beach south of Santa Monica Pier to Seal Beach Pier Los Angeles, Orange
- South of Seal Beach Pier to San Mateo Point Orange
- Thermalito Forebay and Afterbay Butte
- Tomales Bay Marin
- Ventura Harbor to Santa Monica Pier Ventura, Los Angeles
Lakes 88
- Almaden Lake Santa Clara
- Alondra Park Lake Los Angeles
- Anderson Lake Santa Clara
- Antelope Lake Plumas
- Bass Lake Madera
- Big Bear Lake San Bernardino
- Black Butte Lake Tehama, Glenn
- Cachuma Lake Santa Barbara
- Castaic Lake Los Angeles
- Clear Lake Lake
- Collins Lake Yuba
- Coyote Lake Santa Clara
- Crowley Lake Mono
- Delta, Central and South Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Sacramento
- Diamond Valley Lake Riverside
- Don Pedro Lake Tuolumne
- Donner Lake Nevada
- Englebright Lake Nevada, Yuba
- Fallen Leaf Lake El Dorado
- Ferguson Lake Imperial
- Folsom Lake Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer
- Gold Lake Sierra
- Gwen Moore Lake Los Angeles
- Hensley Lake Madera
- Jenkinson Lake El Dorado
- Laguna de Santa Rosa Sonoma
- Lake Almanor Plumas
- Lake Berryessa Napa
- Lake Casitas Ventura
- Lake Chabot (Alameda County) Alameda
- Lake Chabot (Solano County) Solano
- Lake Combie Placer, Nevada
- Lake Cuyamaca San Diego
- Lake Del Valle Alameda
- Lake Evans Riverside
- Lake Gregory San Bernardino
- Lake Havasu San Bernardino
- Lake Hemet Riverside
- Lake Henshaw San Diego
- Lake Herman Solano
- Lake Isabella Kern
- Lake McClure Mariposa
- Lake McSwain Mariposa
- Lake Mendocino Mendocino
- Lake Merced San Francisco
- Lake Morena San Diego
- Lake Nacimiento San Luis Obispo
- Lake Natoma Sacramento
- Lake Oroville Butte
- Lake Palmdale Los Angeles
- Lake Perris Riverside
- Lake Pillsbury Lake
- Lake Piru Ventura
- Lake San Antonio Monterey, San Luis Obispo
- Lake Sonoma Sonoma
- Lake Spaulding Nevada
- Lake Temescal Alameda
- Lake Webb Kern
- Lauritzen Channel Contra Costa
- Legg Lake Los Angeles
- Lewiston Lake Trinity
- Lopez Lake San Luis Obispo
- Lower Putah Creek and Lake Solano Solano, Yolo
- Magic Johnson Lakes Los Angeles
- Millerton Lake Fresno, Madera
- Mokelumne River at Lodi Lake San Joaquin
- New Hogan Lake Calaveras
- Oso Flaco Lake San Luis Obispo
- Pinto Lake Santa Cruz
- Prado Lake San Bernardino
- Pyramid Lake Los Angeles
- Salton Sea Imperial, Riverside
- Santa Fe Dam Lake Los Angeles
- Shadow Cliffs Lake Alameda
- Shasta Lake Shasta
- Silverwood Lake San Bernardino
- South Lake Inyo
- Success Lake Tulare
- Sunbeam Lake Imperial
- Taylor Lake Imperial
- Topaz Lake Mono
- Trinity Lake and the East Fork Trinity River Trinity
- Trinity River upstream of Trinity Lake Trinity
- Twin Lakes Mono
- Vasona Lake and Camden Ponds Santa Clara
- Whiskeytown Lake Shasta
- Wiest Lake Imperial
- Xany? Xamshré Imperial
Ponds 1
- Carrville Pond Trinity
Reservoirs 31
- Almaden Reservoir Santa Clara
- Bon Tempe Reservoir Marin
- Bridgeport Reservoir Mono
- Calero Reservoir Santa Clara
- Camanche Reservoir Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin
- Camp Far West Reservoir Yuba, Nevada, Placer
- East Park Reservoir Colusa
- El Capitan Reservoir San Diego
- French Meadows Reservoir Placer
- Gene Wash Reservoir San Bernardino
- Guadalupe Reservoir Santa Clara
- Hell Hole Reservoir Placer
- Hodges Reservoir San Diego
- Indian Valley Reservoir Lake
- Lafayette Reservoir Contra Costa
- Lexington Reservoir Santa Clara
- Little Rock Reservoir Los Angeles
- Los Banos Reservoir Merced
- Los Vaqueros Reservoir Contra Costa
- Modesto Reservoir Stanislaus
- New Bullards Bar Reservoir Yuba
- New Melones Reservoir Calaveras, Tuolumne
- Nicasio Reservoir Marin
- Puddingstone Reservoir Los Angeles
- Rollins Reservoir Nevada, Placer
- San Luis Reservoir Merced
- San Pablo Reservoir Contra Costa
- Senator Wash Reservoir Imperial
- Soulajule Reservoir Marin
- Stevens Creek Reservoir Santa Clara
- Stony Gorge Reservoir Glenn
Rivers 24
- Alamitos Creek Santa Clara
- Alamo River Imperial
- All-American Canal Imperial
- American River, Lower Sacramento
- Bear Creek Colusa
- Bear River Nevada, Placer, Sutter, Yuba
- Bishop Creek Inyo
- Cache Creek Lake, Colusa, Yolo
- Calero Creek Santa Clara
- Cosumnes River, Lower Sacramento
- Deer Creek Nevada
- Feather River, Lower Butte, Yuba, Sutter
- Feather River, Upper Butte, Plumas
- Guadalupe Creek Santa Clara
- Guadalupe River Santa Clara
- Mammoth Creek Mono
- Mokelumne River, Lower Sacramento, San Joaquin
- New River Imperial
- Port of Stockton (and Smith Canal) San Joaquin
- Russian River Sonoma, Mendocino
- Sacramento River and Northern Delta Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Sutter, Yolo, Sacramento, Solano
- San Joaquin River from Friant Dam to the Port of Stockton Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, San Joaquin
- South Yuba River Nevada, Placer
- Yuba River, North Yuba River, and Middle Yuba River Nevada, Sierra, Yuba
Browse California by county
Every named water in the state, county by county — including the many with no advisory on file.
- Alameda 5
- Alpine
- Amador 1
- Butte 5
- Calaveras 3
- Colusa 4
- Contra Costa 6
- Del Norte
- El Dorado 3
- Fresno 2
- Glenn 3
- Humboldt 1
- Imperial 10
- Inyo 2
- Kern 2
- Kings
- Lake 4
- Lassen
- Los Angeles 13
- Madera 4
- Marin 5
- Mariposa 2
- Mendocino 2
- Merced 4
- Mineral
- Modoc
- Mohave
- Mono 5
- Monterey 2
- Napa 2
- Nevada 10
- Orange 2
- Placer 8
- Plumas 3
- Riverside 5
- Sacramento 7
- San Benito
- San Bernardino 6
- San Diego 7
- San Francisco 2
- San Joaquin 6
- San Luis Obispo 4
- San Mateo 1
- Santa Barbara 1
- Santa Clara 14
- Santa Cruz 1
- Shasta 3
- Sierra 2
- Siskiyou
- Solano 5
- Sonoma 4
- Stanislaus 2
- Sutter 3
- Tehama 2
- Trinity 4
- Tulare 1
- Tuolumne 2
- Ventura 3
- Yolo 3
- Yuba 7
- Yuma
California statewide fishing limits
Statewide defaults — specific waters and zones may differ. Verify the current rules before keeping a fish.
| Species | Size | Daily limit | Open season | Keep season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largemouth Bass | — | 5 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Smallmouth Bass | — | 5 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Striped Bass | 18" min | 2 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Rainbow Trout | — | 5 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Black Crappie | — | 25 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Channel Catfish | — | 10 | Year-round | Same as open |
Official rules: California — California DFW