LivewellSpecies
Black Bullhead
Black Bullhead carries consumption advisories on 168 waters across 9 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 black bullhead: Arsenic, Lead, Mercury, PCBs, PFAS, PFOS
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for black bullhead is Do not eat due to elevated PFAS. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.
Where black bullhead has advisories
Waters with black bullhead advisories
- Alapaha River (Tifton to Stockton) Georgia
- Alapahoochee River (Near State Line) Georgia
- Ogeechee River (Jefferson County, Louisville) Georgia
- Satilla River (Near Waycross, Ware/Brantley Counties) Georgia
- Coeur d'Alene River and Chain Lakes Idaho
- Lake Coeur d'Alene and Spokane River above Post Falls Dam Idaho
- Busse Lake Illinois
- Franklin Creek Illinois
- Waukegan North Harbor Illinois
- Waukegan South Harbor Illinois
- Barbee Lakes Indiana
- Blue River Indiana
- Hart Ditch Indiana
- JC Murphey Lake Indiana
- Lake James Indiana
- Lake of the Woods Indiana
- Little Calumet River Indiana
- Mississinewa River Indiana
- Muddy Fork of Sand Creek Indiana
- Pleasant Run Creek Indiana
- Salamonie River Indiana
- Skinner Lake Indiana
- St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan Basin) Indiana
- St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan Basin) Indiana
- St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan Basin) Indiana
- Stone Lake/Pine Lake Indiana
- Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River Indiana
- Worster Lake Indiana
- Austin Lake Michigan
- Bear River Michigan
- Chenango Lake Michigan
- Crooked Lake Michigan
- Detroit River Michigan
- First Sister Lake Michigan
- Four Mile Pond Michigan
- Lake Besser Michigan
- Lake Ovid Michigan
- Long Lake Michigan
- Muskallonge Lake Michigan
- Palmer Lake Michigan
- Second Sister Lake Michigan
- Selkirk Lake Michigan
- Stevenson Lake Michigan
- Swan Creek Michigan
- Thompson Lake Michigan
- Thunder Bay River - Main Branch Michigan
- Thunder Bay River - Upper South Branch Michigan
- Tucker Lake Michigan
- Walloon Lake Michigan
- Aitkin Lake Minnesota
- Andrew Lake Minnesota
- Bass Lake Minnesota
- Bemidji Lake Minnesota
- Bemidji Lake (main lake) Minnesota
- Big Bass Lake Minnesota
- Big Bass Lake (east basin) Minnesota
- Big Bass Lake (west basin) Minnesota
- Big Carnelian Lake Minnesota
- Big Lake Minnesota
- Big Marine - EC Bay Minnesota
- Big Marine - NE Bay Minnesota
- Big Marine Lake Minnesota
- Big Marine Lake (Jellums) Minnesota
- Big Marine Lake (Main Lake) Minnesota
- Big Marine Lake (Ourlet Bay) Minnesota
- Big Spunk Lake Minnesota
- Big Watab Lake Minnesota
- Blandin Lake Minnesota
- Boulder Lake Reservoir Minnesota
- Bryant Lake Minnesota
- Burandt Lake Minnesota
- Bush Lake Minnesota
- Calhoun Lake (Crow River Dam) Minnesota
- Cedar Lake Minnesota
- Clitherall Lake Minnesota
- Crooked Lake Minnesota
- Dam Lake Minnesota
- Dutch Lake Minnesota
- Eagle Lake Minnesota
- Eagle Lake (North) Minnesota
- Eagle Lake (South) Minnesota
- East Olaf Lake Minnesota
- Eleventh Crow Wing Lake Minnesota
- Eleventh Crow Wing Lake (East) Minnesota
- Eleventh Crow Wing Lake (Main) Minnesota
- Elm Island Lake Minnesota
- Evergreen Lake Minnesota
- Glacier Lake Minnesota
- Green Lake Minnesota
- Grove Lake Minnesota
- Hafften Lake Minnesota
- Halfmoon Lake Minnesota
- Ham Lake Minnesota
- Hanging Kettle Lake Minnesota
- Horseshoe Lake Minnesota
- Horseshoe Lake Minnesota
- Horseshoe Lake (East Bay) Minnesota
- Horseshoe Lake (West Bay) Minnesota
- Kroon Lake Minnesota
- Lake Bavaria Minnesota
- Lake Blanche Minnesota
- Lake Calhoun Minnesota
- Lake De Montreville Minnesota
- Lake Francis Minnesota
- Lake Geneva Minnesota
- Lake Ida Minnesota
- Lake Jane Minnesota
- Lake Mary Minnesota
- Lake Mary Minnesota
- Lake Minnewashta Minnesota
- Lake Minnewaska Minnesota
- Lake Minnie-Belle Minnesota
- Lake Mitchell Minnesota
- Lake Olson Minnesota
- Lake Redwood Minnesota
- Lake Stella Minnesota
- Lake Union Minnesota
- Lake Victoria Minnesota
- Lida Lake Minnesota
- Little Long Lake Minnesota
- Little Mantrap Lake Minnesota
- Little Waverly Lake Minnesota
- Long Lake Minnesota
- Long Lake Minnesota
- Mantrap Lake Minnesota
- Mantrap Lake (East Basin) Minnesota
- Mantrap Lake (Home Bay) Minnesota
- Mantrap Lake (Middle Basin) Minnesota
- Mantrap Lake (Mirror Bay) Minnesota
- Mantrap Lake (West Arm) Minnesota
- McDonough Lake Minnesota
- Mill Lake Minnesota
- Mitchell Lake Minnesota
- Moulton Lake Minnesota
- North Brown's Lake Minnesota
- North Lida Lake Minnesota
- North Little Long Lake Minnesota
- Olaf Lake Minnesota
- Orchard Lake Minnesota
- Pelican Lake Minnesota
- Piersons Lake Minnesota
- Pleasant Lake Minnesota
- Pleasant Lake Minnesota
- Rabbit Lake Minnesota
- Rat Lake Minnesota
- Remote Lake Minnesota
- Round Lake Minnesota
- Round Lake Minnesota
- Round Lake Minnesota
- Sand Lake Minnesota
- Smith Lake Minnesota
- South Lida Lake Minnesota
- South Little Long Lake Minnesota
- Splitrock Lake Minnesota
- Spring Lake Minnesota
- Steiger Lake Minnesota
- Stump Lake Minnesota
- Sucker Lake Minnesota
- Trillium Lake Minnesota
- Wakefield Lake Minnesota
- Waukenabo Lake Minnesota
- Weaver Lake Minnesota
- West Olaf Lake Minnesota
- Springer Lake New Mexico
- Stubblefield Lake New Mexico
- Hoosic River, from Schaghticoke Dam to Vermont state line (including Johnsonville and Schaghticoke Reservoirs) New York
- Cottonwood Reservoir Utah
- Recapture Reservoir Utah