tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post8045492703668022824..comments2024-03-28T06:33:07.702-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Eating wild-caught fishEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-639942469484247602016-02-04T22:20:28.544-05:002016-02-04T22:20:28.544-05:00For the most part, you are a pretty good fisherman...For the most part, you are a pretty good fisherman if you can feed your family more than two meals a week of bream or shellcrackers. The action is in the bigger fish like catfish, carp, buffalo and such. These fish have a larger loading of contaminants and they can be caught by the hundreds of pounds.<br /><br />Louisiana does have a fish advisory (http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/Portals/0/planning/Advisories/Fish%20Consumption%20Advisory%20Table%20-%208-12-15%20-%20with%20subsegments.pdf) <br /><br />Fish from the Catahoula basin (which I believe is close to your Parish) do have an advisory note:<br /><br />Women of childbearing age and <br />children less than seven years of age <br />SHOULD NOT CONSUME <br />largemouth bass, white bass, <br />freshwater drum, flathead catfish, or <br />bowfin <br />(choupique, grinnel) <br />and should <br />consume no more than TWO MEALS <br />PER MONTH of white crappie from<br />the advisory area.<br />Other adults and children seven years <br />of age and older should consume no <br />more than TWO MEALS PER MONTH <br />of largemouth bass, white bass, <br />freshwater drum, flathead catfish, or <br />bowfin <br />(choupique, grinnel) <br />and should <br />consume no more than FOU<br />R MEALS <br />PER MONTH of white crappie from <br />the advisory areaEaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-69336643790057515412016-02-03T12:56:58.702-05:002016-02-03T12:56:58.702-05:00Interesting. We have some of the same fish. For ...Interesting. We have some of the same fish. For example, you're pumpkinseed, we call a blue-gill, or bream. Your white crappie, we call white perch, or sac-a-lait. Small mouth bass, of course. Your white bass look a lot like our striped bass.<br /><br />I don't know that anyone here ever worried about contamination.Pawpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.com