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Chain Pickerel

Chain Pickerel, a reference illustration for identifying your catch
Raver Duane, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (via Wikimedia Commons) — Public domain. Source

Chain Pickerel carries consumption advisories on 245 waters across 9 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 chain pickerel: Mercury, PCBs, PFAS

Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer

The strictest advisory on file for chain pickerel is For women of childbearing age and young children: 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 chain pickerel has advisories

Waters with chain pickerel advisories

Showing 200 of 245 waters. Browse a state above for its full list.