You EAT fish out of the Ohio River? Sounds like fun fishing, but they would all go back. - Roberta
You EAT fish out of the Ohio River? Sounds like fun fishing, but they would all go back. - Roberta
"Anglers are born honest,
but they get over it." - Ed Zern
Roberta,
You can eat crappie from the Ohio River and its tributaries. In Kentucky there is a statewide Mercury advisory, one meal per week for all bodies of water. In Ohio, there is also a statewide advisory for one meal per week for all bodies of water. Here is a link:
http://www.epa.state.oh.us/2006_fish_advisory.html
This includes lakes like where you and I fish, Acton, Caesar's, Paint Creek, East Fork, etc. Same true in Ky like, Cave Run, Herrington, Cumberland, all of them too.
This is a good website for fishermen knowledge.
Thanks,
Bassky:o
Where's the advisor for Caesars Creek or Acton?
There is a statewide advisory, which means every lake and river system, in Ohio to eat only 1 fish meal per week. Check out the above link, it is a good website and very informative. It is unfortunate, but like in KY, there are high mercury levels in all of our waters, this is why there is a statewide advisory.
Bassky
Bassky:
Isn't it a shame we have to ask if we can eat the fish? I'm from NC, but stationed in DE. First time I went fishing here I ran across a sign on the boat ramp that said not to eat more than 2 eight ounce servings per year!
Gator
Wishin' I Was Fishin' In Carolina!
It is a shame. I can remember fishing Lake Erie as a boy. The only fish you could catch back in the 60's was whitebass or drum. The lake was so polluted, as we crossed over to Kelly's Island on the ferry, we would see dead fish everywhere. The lake is cleaner now than it has been since before the 1950's. You can catch walleye, crappie, smallmouth, perch, etc. However there are still contiminants and advisories there too. Maybe we were just ignorant. There probably was a need back then, they just didn't investigate all of our waters.
Bassky