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Bigmouth Buffalo

Bigmouth Buffalo, a reference illustration for identifying your catch
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Bigmouth Buffalo carries consumption advisories on 48 waters across 5 states. Limits depend on the water and the fish's size — a bigger fish has had longer to accumulate contaminants, so it's usually the stricter one.

Contaminants found in bigmouth buffalo: Chlordane, Mercury, PCBs

Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer

The strictest advisory on file for bigmouth buffalo is For women who may become pregnant, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and children: do not eat due to elevated Mercury. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.

Where bigmouth buffalo has advisories

Waters with bigmouth buffalo advisories