LivewellSpecies
Northern Pikeminnow
Northern Pikeminnow carries consumption advisories on 15 waters across 2 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 northern pikeminnow: Arsenic, Mercury, PCBs
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for northern pikeminnow is Do not eat due to elevated PCB. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.
Where northern pikeminnow has advisories
Waters with northern pikeminnow advisories
- Kootenai River Montana
- Lake Koocanusa Montana
- Lake Samish Washington
- Lake Washington Washington
- Little Spokane River Washington
- Lower Columbia Washington
- Lower Columbia Washington
- Mid-Columbia Washington
- Olympic National Park Washington
- Snake River Washington
- Spokane River Washington
- Spokane River Washington
- Walla Walla River Washington
- Walla Walla River Washington
- Yakima River Washington