LivewellSpecies
Peamouth
Peamouth carries consumption advisories on 3 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 peamouth: Arsenic, Mercury
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for peamouth is For women of childbearing age and children: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.
Where peamouth has advisories
Waters with peamouth advisories
- Kootenai River Montana
- Lake Koocanusa Montana
- Mid-Columbia Washington