LivewellSpecies
Kokanee
Kokanee carries consumption advisories on 19 waters across 5 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 kokanee: Arsenic, DDT, Lead, Mercury, PCBs, PFOS
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for kokanee is Limit to one meal per month due to elevated Arsenic, LEAD and Mercury. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.
Where kokanee has advisories
Waters with kokanee advisories
- Bass Lake California
- Donner Lake California
- Hell Hole Reservoir California
- Lake McClure California
- New Bullards Bar Reservoir California
- Lake Coeur d'Alene and Spokane River above Post Falls Dam Idaho
- Georgetown Lake Montana
- Hauser Reservoir Montana
- Holter Reservoir Montana
- Kootenai River Montana
- Lake Koocanusa Montana
- Lake Mary Ronan Montana
- Swan Lake Montana
- Heron Reservoir New Mexico
- Lake Chelan Washington
- Lake Meridian Washington
- Lake Roosevelt Washington
- Lake Whatcom Washington
- Stehekin River Washington