LivewellSpecies
Black Drum
Black Drum carries consumption advisories on 7 waters across 3 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 drum: Mercury, PCBs
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for black drum is For women who may become pregnant, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and children under 15: 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 drum has advisories
Waters with black drum advisories
- Champagnolle Creek to include Little Champagnolle from Highway 4 to where it joins with the Ouachita River Arkansas
- Cutoff Creek from where the creek crosses Highway 35 in Drew County to where it joins with Bayou Bartholomew Arkansas
- Felsenthal Wildlife Refuge including the Saline River up to Stillions Bridge Arkansas
- Moro Bay Creek from Highway 160 to where it joins with the Ouachita River Arkansas
- Saline River from Highway 79 in Cleveland County to Stillions Bridge in Bradley and Ashley Counties Arkansas
- Alapaha River Florida
- Lake Erie Presque Isle Pennsylvania