LivewellSpecies
Smallmouth Buffalo
Smallmouth Buffalo carries consumption advisories on 20 waters across 6 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 smallmouth buffalo: Dioxins, Mercury, PCBs, Pesticides, PFOS
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for smallmouth buffalo is For women who may become pregnant, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and children under 15: 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 smallmouth buffalo has advisories
Waters with smallmouth buffalo advisories
- Illinois River Illinois
- Little Wabash River and Tributaries Illinois
- Sangamon River Illinois
- Caballo Lake New Mexico
- Captina Creek Ohio
- Cuyahoga River Ohio
- Huron River Ohio
- Maumee River Ohio
- Maumee River Ohio
- Maumee River Ohio
- Maumee River Ohio
- Middle Fork Little Beaver Creek Ohio
- Muskingum River Ohio
- Ohio River Ohio
- Sandusky River Ohio
- Whitewater River Ohio
- Watts Bar Reservoir Tennessee
- Arroyo Colorado Texas
- B.A. Steinhagen Reservoir Texas
- Ohio River Segment - Pennsylvania Border (East Liverpool) to Belleville Lock (Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Pleasants, Tyler, Wetzel and Wood counties) West Virginia