LivewellSpecies
Lake Trout
Lake Trout carries consumption advisories on 49 waters across 13 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 lake trout: DDT, Dioxins, Mercury, PCBs, PFOS
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for lake trout is For women 18–49 and children 1–17: 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 lake trout has advisories
- California
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Montana
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Vermont
- Washington
Waters with lake trout advisories
- Donner Lake California
- Fallen Leaf Lake California
- Hell Hole Reservoir California
- Lake Pend Oreille Idaho
- Priest Lake Idaho
- Lake Michigan Illinois
- Lake Michigan Indiana
- Crystal Lake For All Other Lakes and Rivers In Michigan
- Elk Lake Michigan
- Filets of Fish From Lake Michigan
- Grand Sable Lake Michigan
- Green Lake Michigan
- Lake Charlevoix Michigan
- Lake Skegemog Michigan
- Little Traverse Bay Michigan
- North Lake Leelanau Michigan
- Saginaw Bay Michigan
- Siskiwit Lake Michigan
- South Lake Leelanau Michigan
- Thunder Bay E Michigan
- Duncan Lake Minnesota
- Gun Lake Minnesota
- Hanson Lake Minnesota
- Rose Lake Minnesota
- Takucmich Lake Minnesota
- Winchell Lake Minnesota
- Bowman Lake Montana
- Flathead Lake Montana
- Fort Peck Reservoir Montana
- Harrison Lake Montana
- Lake McDonald Montana
- McGregor Lake Montana
- Mystic Lake Montana
- Noxon Rapids Reservoir Montana
- Swan Lake Montana
- Upper Two Medicine Lake Montana
- Whitefish Lake Montana
- Merrill Creek Reservoir New Jersey
- Round Valley Reservoir New Jersey
- Heron Reservoir New Mexico
- Canadice Lake New York
- Lake Erie New York
- Lake Ontario New York
- Niagara River, downstream of Niagara Falls New York
- Niagara River, upstream of Niagara Falls New York
- St. Lawrence River, whole river, excluding Seaway International Bridge area (in St. Lawrence County ) New York
- Lake Erie Ohio
- Lake Champlain Vermont
- Lake Chelan Washington