Keep Fish From Table Rock?

[Billfo]

polutants are in the crawfish. The bass are the largest consumer of the crayfish.

Ahhh crap, now I cant eat the Crayfish ?

[Hunter91]

Billfo--Yep, its all catch and release for crawdads now, sorry

[Billfo]

All United States water bodies

All fish

All sizes

1/week

Mercury

Because all fish have various levels of mercury2, the EPA recommends that sensitive populations consume no more than one (1) fish meal per week, in the absence of a local advisory.

All Missouri water bodies

Largemouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Smallmouth Bass, and Walleye

> 12"

1/month

Mercury

Interesting...... but not anything new is it ?

[mclothier1]

Billfo--Yep, its all catch and release for crawdads now, sorry

The way I read it.... DONT consume raw crawdad's from Table Rock.

But cooked crawdad's are A-OK to eat.

if Im not understanding that correct, please point me in the right direction.

[powerdive]

This might explain the third arm growing out of my forehead.

[River Rat Randy]

now I cant eat the Crayfish ?

... No ... It's just intoxicated crayfish that are killing the lab rats.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Unfortunately there are a lot of things that aren't removed, or can't be removed, from sewage plants and if you think the AR and MO towns in the watershed don't dump anything harmful then have at it.

I think I would avoid any bottom feeder, which would include black bass. the majority of trout in Taney probably don't stay long enough to be polluted, even though they're bottom feeders. Whites and crappie are probably the safest because of their feeding habits, maybe gills.

The little extra added by the watershed population is the reason for the cloudy water and that's your clue that there's a lot of stuff in the White river lakes.