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Black Crappie

Black Crappie, a reference illustration for identifying your catch
USFWS Mountain Prairie (via Wikimedia Commons) — Public domain. Source

Black Crappie carries consumption advisories on 329 waters across 19 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 crappie: Arsenic, Chlordane, DDT, Mercury, PCBs, Pesticides, PFAS, PFOS, Thallium

Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer

The strictest advisory on file for black crappie is 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 black crappie has advisories

Waters with black crappie advisories

Showing 200 of 329 waters. Browse a state above for its full list.