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Species

White Crappie

White Crappie, a reference illustration for identifying your catch
Raver Duane, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (via Wikimedia Commons) — Public domain. Source

White Crappie carries consumption advisories on 287 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 crappie: Arsenic, DDT, Lead, Mercury, PCBs, PFOS, Selenium

Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer

The strictest advisory on file for white crappie 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 white crappie has advisories

Waters with white crappie advisories

Showing 200 of 287 waters. Browse a state above for its full list.