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Black Bullhead

Black Bullhead, a reference illustration for identifying your catch
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Black Bullhead carries consumption advisories on 54 waters across 8 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