LivewellSpecies
Rainbow Trout
Rainbow Trout carries consumption advisories on 146 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 rainbow trout: Arsenic, Dioxins, Lead, Mercury, PBDE, PCBs, PFOS, Selenium
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for rainbow 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 rainbow trout has advisories
- California
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Montana
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
Waters with rainbow trout advisories
- American River, Lower California
- Bass Lake California
- Bear River California
- Big Bear Lake California
- Bishop Creek California
- Bridgeport Reservoir California
- Carrville Pond California
- Cosumnes River, Lower California
- Crowley Lake California
- Delta, Central and South California
- Donner Lake California
- Englebright Lake California
- Feather River, Lower California
- Feather River, Upper California
- Folsom Lake California
- French Meadows Reservoir California
- Gold Lake California
- Jenkinson Lake California
- Lafayette Reservoir California
- Lake Almanor California
- Lake Berryessa California
- Lake Chabot (Alameda County) California
- Lake Cuyamaca California
- Lake Hemet California
- Lake McClure California
- Lake McSwain California
- Lake Merced California
- Lake Natoma California
- Lake Pillsbury California
- Lake Spaulding California
- Lexington Reservoir California
- Little Rock Reservoir California
- Los Vaqueros Reservoir California
- Mammoth Creek California
- Mokelumne River at Lodi Lake California
- Mokelumne River, Lower California
- New Bullards Bar Reservoir California
- Pyramid Lake California
- Sacramento River and Northern Delta California
- San Joaquin River from Friant Dam to the Port of Stockton California
- San Pablo Reservoir California
- Shasta Lake California
- Silverwood Lake California
- South Lake California
- South Yuba River California
- Success Lake California
- Topaz Lake California
- Trinity Lake and the East Fork Trinity River California
- Twin Lakes California
- Vasona Lake and Camden Ponds California
- Yuba River, North Yuba River, and Middle Yuba River California
- Chesterfield Reservoir Idaho
- Jordan Creek Idaho
- Portneuf River Idaho
- Lake Michigan Illinois
- Lake Michigan Indiana
- Olin Lake Indiana
- Au Sable River Michigan
- Bear River Michigan
- Beatons Lake Michigan
- Glen Lake Michigan
- Indian Mill Creek Michigan
- Kalamazoo Lake Michigan
- Kalamazoo River Michigan
- Lake Huron Michigan
- Lake Michigan Michigan
- Lake Superior Michigan
- Silver Lead Creek Michigan
- Walloon Lake Michigan
- Lester River Minnesota
- Ackley Lake Montana
- Alder Gulch Montana
- Bair Reservoir Montana
- Basin Creek Montana
- Big Spring Creek Montana
- Bighorn Reservoir Montana
- Bitterroot River Montana
- Blackfoot River Montana
- Boulder River Montana
- Canyon Ferry Reservoir Montana
- Carpenter Creek Montana
- Cataract Creek Montana
- Clark Canyon Reservoir Montana
- Cooney Reservoir Montana
- Dry Fork Belt Creek Montana
- Ennis Lake Montana
- Hauser Reservoir Montana
- Hebgen Reservoir Montana
- Holter Reservoir Montana
- Judith River Montana
- Kootenai River Montana
- Krieder Reservoir Montana
- Lake Koocanusa Montana
- Madison River Montana
- Martinsdale Reservoir Montana
- Missouri River Montana
- Pishkun Reservoir Montana
- Spring Meadow Lake Montana
- Sun River Montana
- Tenmile Creek Montana
- Thompson Falls Reservoir Montana
- West Fork Madison River Montana
- Willow Creek Reservoir Montana
- Abiquiu Lake New Mexico
- Eagle Nest Lake New Mexico
- Navajo Lake New Mexico
- Buffalo River and Inner Harbor New York
- Carmans River, above Suffolk Club Dam New York
- Cayuga Lake New York
- Eighteenmile Creek, downstream of Burt Dam New York
- Hoosic River, from Schaghticoke Dam to Vermont state line (including Johnsonville and Schaghticoke Reservoirs) New York
- Mohawk River/ Erie Canal between Fivemile Dam (downstream of Little Falls) and Cohoes Falls New York
- Niagara River, downstream of Niagara Falls New York
- Niagara River, upstream of Niagara Falls New York
- Owasco Lake New York
- Raquette River, downstream of Raymondville Dam New York
- Skaneateles Creek, Skaneateles Lake Dam at Skaneateles to Seneca River New York
- Grand River Ohio
- Grand River Ohio
- Lake Erie Ohio
- Lake Erie Tributaries Ohio
- Brough Reservoir Utah
- Long Park Reservoir Utah
- Newcastle Reservoir Utah
- Steinaker Reservoir Utah
- Stock Creek Virginia
- Stock Creek Virginia
- Battalion Lake Washington
- Deer Lake Washington
- Green Lake Washington
- Lake Chelan Washington
- Lake Nahwatzel Washington
- Lake Roosevelt Washington
- Lake Washington Washington
- Little Spokane River Washington
- Lower Columbia Washington
- Lower Columbia Washington
- Mid-Columbia Washington
- Mt. Rainier National Park Washington
- North Cascades National Park Washington
- North Cascades National Park Washington
- Olympic National Park Washington
- Roses Lake Washington
- Spokane River Washington
- Spokane River Washington
- Spokane River Washington