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Bluegill

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

Bluegill carries consumption advisories on 1,472 waters across 24 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 bluegill: Arsenic, Hexavalent chromium, DDT, Lead, Mercury, PCBs, Pesticides, PFAS, PFOS, Selenium, Thallium

Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer

The strictest advisory on file for bluegill is Do not eat due to elevated Mercury and Thallium. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.

Where bluegill has advisories

Waters with bluegill advisories

Showing 200 of 1,472 waters. Browse a state above for its full list.