LivewellSpecies
Lake Whitefish
Lake Whitefish carries consumption advisories on 23 waters across 7 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 whitefish: Dioxins, Mercury, PCBs
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for lake whitefish is Limit to 6 meals per year due to elevated Dioxin and PCB. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.
Where lake whitefish has advisories
Waters with lake whitefish advisories
- Lake Pend Oreille Idaho
- Lake Michigan Illinois
- Lake Michigan Indiana
- Chicagon Lake Michigan
- Filets of Fish From Lake Michigan
- Filets of Fish From Lake Superior Michigan
- Lake Huron Michigan
- Lake Michigamme Michigan
- Lake Skegemog Michigan
- Little Traverse Bay Michigan
- Michigamme Lake in Iron Co. Michigan
- Peavy Pond and Michigamme Lake in Iron Co. Michigan
- Cabinet Gorge Reservoir Montana
- Flathead Lake Montana
- Lake McDonald Montana
- Nelson Reservoir Montana
- Noxon Rapids Reservoir Montana
- Whitefish Lake Montana
- Lake Erie Ohio
- Banks Lake Washington
- Lake Roosevelt Washington
- Lower Goose Lake Washington
- Potholes Reservoir Washington