LivewellSpecies
Longear Sunfish
Longear Sunfish carries consumption advisories on 10 waters across 4 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 longear sunfish: Mercury
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for longear sunfish is For women who may become pregnant, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and children under 15: limit to 6 meals per year due to elevated Mercury. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.
Where longear sunfish has advisories
Waters with longear sunfish advisories
- Blackwater River and tributaries (including Alligator Creek, Big Coldwater Creek, Big Juniper Creek, and Sweetwater Creek) Florida
- Escambia River and tributaries Florida
- Shoal River Florida
- Yellow River and tributaries Florida
- Big Lick Creek Indiana
- Lake James Indiana
- Little Lick Creek Indiana
- Mississinewa Reservoir Indiana
- Saline Bayou and Saline Lake Louisiana
- Ottawa River (Lima) Ohio