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Yellow Bullhead

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

Yellow Bullhead carries consumption advisories on 830 waters across 11 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 bullhead: Arsenic, DDT, Lead, Mercury, PCBs, Pesticides, PFOS, Thallium

Advisories are per-water — there is no single answer

The strictest advisory on file for yellow bullhead is For women of childbearing age and young children: 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 yellow bullhead has advisories

Waters with yellow bullhead advisories

Showing 200 of 830 waters. Browse a state above for its full list.