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Yellow Bass

Yellow Bass carries consumption advisories on 4 waters across 4 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 yellow bass: Mercury, PCBs

Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer

The strictest advisory on file for yellow bass is For children under 15: limit to 3 meals per year due to elevated Mercury. Whether that applies to your fish depends entirely on where you caught it. Find your water below.

Where yellow bass has advisories

Waters with yellow bass advisories