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Species

Brown Trout

Brown Trout carries consumption advisories on 104 waters across 17 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 brown trout: Lead, Mercury, PBDE, PCBs, PFAS, PFOS

Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer

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

Where brown trout has advisories

Waters with brown trout advisories