Species
White Bass
White Bass carries consumption advisories on 69 waters across 17 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 white bass: DDT, Lead, Mercury, PCBs, Pesticides, PFOS, Thallium
Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer
The strictest advisory on file for white bass is For women who may become pregnant, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and children under 15: 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 white bass has advisories
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- West Virginia
Waters with white bass advisories
- Lake Ouachita Arkansas
- Conasauga River: Georgia
- Coosa River (Hwy 100 to Stateline) Georgia
- Etowah River (Above Lake Allatoona, Cherokee County) Georgia
- Lake Allatoona Georgia
- Lake Blue Ridge Georgia
- Fox Chain-O-Lakes Illinois
- Illinois River Illinois
- Kinkaid Lake Illinois
- Lake Calumet Illinois
- Lake Depue Illinois
- Ohio River Illinois
- Rock River Illinois
- Sangamon River Illinois
- Wabash River Illinois
- Kokomo Reservoir Indiana
- Ohio River Indiana
- Ohio River Indiana
- Patoka River Indiana
- Pike Lake Indiana
- Silver Creek Indiana
- Wabash River Indiana
- Wabash River Indiana
- Wabash River Indiana
- West Fork White River Indiana
- Catahoula Lake, Little River, Old River, Black River, Saline Lake, Larto Lake (Saline/Larto Complex), Shad Lake and Associated Water Bodies Louisiana
- St. Clair River Michigan
- St. Marys River Michigan
- Clearwater Lake Missouri
- Harlan County Reservoir Nebraska
- Johnson Lake Nebraska
- Sherman Reservoir Nebraska
- Swanson Reservoir Nebraska
- Whitney Reservoir Nebraska
- Brantley Lake New Mexico
- Caballo Lake New Mexico
- Cochiti Lake New Mexico
- Elephant Butte Lake New Mexico
- Lake Farmington New Mexico
- Rio Grande New Mexico
- Sumner Lake New Mexico
- Ute Lake New Mexico
- Washoe Lake Nevada
- Lake Erie New York
- Niagara River, upstream of Niagara Falls New York
- Berlin Lake Ohio
- Findlay Reservoir #2 Ohio
- Great Miami River Ohio
- Great Miami River Ohio
- Great Miami River Ohio
- Great Miami River Ohio
- Lake Erie Ohio
- Muskingum River Ohio
- Ohio River Ohio
- Ohio River Ohio
- Paint Creek Lake Ohio
- Scioto River Ohio
- Scioto River Ohio
- Scioto River Ohio
- Whitewater River Ohio
- Tar Creek Oklahoma
- Catawba River South Carolina
- Cedar Creek Reservoir South Carolina
- Fishing Creek Reservoir South Carolina
- Goose Lake South Dakota
- Pickerel Lake South Dakota
- Watts Bar Reservoir Tennessee
- Ohio River Segment - Belleville Lock to the Kentucky Border (Jackson, Mason, Cabell, and Wayne counties) West Virginia
- Ohio River Segment - Pennsylvania Border (East Liverpool) to Belleville Lock (Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Pleasants, Tyler, Wetzel and Wood counties) West Virginia