Statewide guidelines
Limit the number of fish meals you eat according to the recommendations listed below and our fish consumption flyer. A fish serving is 8 ounces, or about the size of the palm of your hand.
General population (ages 18 and older)
Eat two meals per week or fewer
- Brook Trout.
- Drum.
- Kokanee.
Eat 1 meal per week or less
- Brown Trout.
- Lake Trout.
- Splake.
- Black Bullhead.
- Northern Pike <,34 in.
- Walleye <, 15 in.
- Black Crappie.
- Rainbow Trout.
- White Crappie.
- Bluegill.
- Saugeye.
- White Sucker.
- Catfish.
- Striped Bass.
- White Bass.
- Carp.
- Sunfish.
- Wiper.
- Largemouth Bass <, 15 in.
- Yellow Perch.
Eat 2 meals per month or fewer
- Northern Pike >, 34 in.
- Smallmouth Bass <, 15 in.
- Cutthroat Trout.
- Walleye >, 15 in.
Eat 1 meal per month or less
- Largemouth Bass >, 15 in.
- Smallmouth Bass >, 15 in.
- Tiger Muskie.
Pregnant women or may become pregnant
Eat one meal per week or less
- Brook trout.
- Drum.
- Splake.
- Brown trout.
- Kokanee.
- White sucker.
- Black bullhead.
- Rainbow trout.
- Sunfish.
- Bluegill.
Eat two meals per month or fewer
- Carp.
- Smallmouth bass <, 15 inches.
- White crappie.
- Largemouth bass <, 15 in.
- Striped bass.
- Wiper.
- Northern pike.
- Cutthroat trout.
- Walleye <, 15 inches.
- Saugeye.
- White bass.
- Lake trout.
- Black crappie.
- Catfish.
- Yellow perch.
Eat one meal per month or less
- Largemouth bass >, 15 inches.
- Smallmouth bass >, 15 inches.
- Tiger muskie.
- Walleye >, 15 inches.
Children (ages 6 and younger)
Eat 2 meals per month or fewer
- Brook Trout.
- Drum.
- Splake.
- Brown Trout.
- Kokanee.
- White Sucker.
- Black Bullhead.
- Rainbow Trout.
- Sunfish.
- Bluegill.
- Saugeye.
- White Crappie.
- Cutthroat Trout.
- White Bass.
- Catfish.
Eat 1 meal or less per month
- Carp.
- Smallmouth Bass <, 15 in.
- Sun Fish.
- Largemouth Bass <, 15 in.
- Striped Bass.
- Wiper.
- Northern Pike.
- Tiger Muskie.
- Walleye.
- Black Crappie.
- Mackinaw.
- Lake Trout.
- Yellow Perch.
DO NOT CONSUME
- Largemouth Bass >, 15 in.
- Smallmouth Bass >, 15 in.