Species
Warmouth
Warmouth carries consumption advisories on 166 waters across 5 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 warmouth: Mercury, Pesticides
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for warmouth is 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 warmouth has advisories
Waters with warmouth advisories
- Alligator Alley (I-75) Canals Florida
- Alligator Lake Florida
- Alligator Lake (Kissimmee Chain of Lakes) Florida
- Apalachicola River [see separate advisory for Lake Seminole] Florida
- Big Cypress Preserve Florida
- Blackwater River and tributaries (including Alligator Creek, Big Coldwater Creek, Big Juniper Creek, and Sweetwater Creek) Florida
- Brick Lake Florida
- Butler Lake Chain (including Lakes Bessie, Butler, Chase, Down, Little Fish, Louise, Palmer, Pocket, Sheen, and Tibet) Florida
- Cherry Lake Florida
- Choctawhatchee River and tributaries Florida
- Compass Lake Florida
- Conway Chain (Lake Conway, Little Lake Conway) Florida
- Corbett WMA-all ponds on property Florida
- Cypress Creek Florida
- Doe Lake Florida
- East Lake Tohopekaliga Florida
- Econlockhatchee River Florida
- Emeralda Marsh Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Areas 2, 3 and 4 [see also Ocklawaha Lake Chain listing] Florida
- Emeralda Marsh WMA Area 7 Florida
- Escambia River and tributaries Florida
- Faka Union Canal Florida
- Fox/South Lakes Florida
- Georges Lake Florida
- Grasshopper Lake Florida
- Harold Campbell Fish Management Area (FMA) Florida
- Hillsborough River and tributaries Florida
- Holly Chain of Lakes (Including Lake Ella, Lake Holly, and connected small ponds) Florida
- Holmes Creek Florida
- Kenansville Lake Florida
- L-35B Canal Florida
- L-38E Canal Florida
- L-38W Canal Florida
- L-40 Canal Florida
- L-67A Canal Florida
- L-7 Canal Florida
- Lake Apopka Florida
- Lake Arbuckle Florida
- Lake Ashby Florida
- Lake Beauclair Florida
- Lake Berry Florida
- Lake Bessie Florida
- Lake Bryant Florida
- Lake Buffum Florida
- Lake Butler (Butler Chain of Lakes) Florida
- Lake Cannon Florida
- Lake Carlton Florida
- Lake Catherine Florida
- Lake Chase Florida
- Lake Conine Florida
- Lake Conway Florida
- Lake Crosby Florida
- Lake Dalhousie Florida
- Lake Daugharty Florida
- Lake Dexter Florida
- Lake Disston Florida
- Lake Down Florida
- Lake Eaton Florida
- Lake Ella Florida
- Lake Ellen Florida
- Lake Eloise Florida
- Lake Eustis Florida
- Lake Gentry Florida
- Lake George Florida
- Lake Griffin Florida
- Lake Haines Florida
- Lake Hamilton Florida
- Lake Harris Florida
- Lake Hartridge Florida
- Lake Hatchineha Florida
- Lake Holly Florida
- Lake Howard Florida
- Lake Huntley Florida
- Lake Idylwild Florida
- Lake Istokpoga Florida
- Lake Jackson (Leon County) Florida
- Lake Jackson (Walton County) Florida
- Lake Jessie Florida
- Lake Kerr Florida
- Lake Kissimmee Florida
- Lake Livingston Florida
- Lake Lochloosa Florida
- Lake Louisa Florida
- Lake Louise Florida
- Lake Lulu Florida
- Lake Maitland Florida
- Lake Marion Florida
- Lake Mary Florida
- Lake Minnehaha (Orange County) Florida
- Lake Mirror Florida
- Lake Mizell Florida
- Lake Monroe Florida
- Lake Norris Florida
- Lake Osceola Florida
- Lake Palmer Florida
- Lake Pierce Florida
- Lake Rochelle Florida
- Lake Rousseau Florida
- Lake Rowell Florida
- Lake Roy Florida
- Lake Sampson Florida
- Lake Sheen Florida
- Lake Shipp Florida
- Lake Smart Florida
- Lake Streety Florida
- Lake Sue Florida
- Lake Summit Florida
- Lake Tibet Florida
- Lake Trafford Florida
- Lake Virginia Florida
- Lake Weir Florida
- Lake Winterset Florida
- Lake Yale Florida
- Lakes Woodruff System (including Lakes Dexter, Woodruff, and Spring Garden Lake) Florida
- Little Fish Lake Florida
- Milldam Lake Florida
- Montgomery Lake Florida
- Myakka River Florida
- New River Florida
- Ochlockonee River and tributaries (see separate advisory for Lake Talquin) Florida
- Ochlockonee River north of US 90 bridge Florida
- Ocklawaha (Harris) Lake Chain (including Lakes Apopka, Beauclair, Carlton, Dora, Eustis, Griffin, and Harris and connected waters of Emeralda Marsh Conservation Areas 2, 3, and 4) Florida
- Ocklawaha River-Lower Section from below Rodman Reservoir Dam to the confluence with the St. Johns River Florida
- Ocklawaha River-Upper section from Lake Griffin outflow to Rodman Reservoir Dam Florida
- Old Lake Davenport Florida
- Orange Lake Florida
- Otter Lake Florida
- Peace River and tributaries Florida
- Pellicer Creek Florida
- Piney Z Lake Florida
- Pocket Lake Florida
- Porter Lake Florida
- Rodman Reservoir Florida
- Santa Fe River (Upper- upstream of "sink") Florida
- Shoal River Florida
- Spring Lake Florida
- St. Johns River North of SR 415 including Lakes George and Monroe (Lower River) Florida
- St. Marks River (St Marks Wildlife Refuge) Florida
- Swift Creek Pond Florida
- Tamiami Canal-East (Krome Avenue to Big Cypress boundary) Florida
- Tomoka River Florida
- Wacissa River Florida
- Wakulla River Florida
- Water Conservation Area (WCA) 2A (Including the L- 35B and L-38E Canals) Florida
- Water Conservation Area (WCA) 2B Florida
- Water Conservation Area (WCA) 3A (Including Alligator Alley Canals, Tamiami Canal, L-38W Canal, and L-67 Canal) Florida
- Wekiva River Florida
- Wildcat Lake Florida
- Winter Haven Lake Chain (Including Lakes Cannon, Florida
- Winter Park Lake Chain (Including Lakes Berry, Florida
- Yellow River and tributaries Florida
- Ochlockonee River (Moultrie to Thomasville) Georgia
- Reservoir 29 Indiana
- Bayou Nezpique Louisiana
- Bayou Queue De Tortue Louisiana
- Cocodrie Lake Louisiana
- Lake Maurepas Louisiana
- Saline Bayou and Saline Lake Louisiana
- Black River South Carolina
- Coosawhatchie River South Carolina
- Four Hole Swamp South Carolina
- Four Hole Swamp South Carolina
- Lake H.B. Robinson South Carolina
- Little Salkehatchie River South Carolina
- North Fork Edisto River South Carolina
- Salkehatchie River South Carolina
- Waccamaw River South Carolina