ohio river fish

[waterdog101]

are the fish, caught from the ohio river. clean enough to eat. i don't know anything about the ohio river, i do plan on fishing it some this year. so i thought i would ask. thanks

[Fntsyfbgod]

In the state fishing guide they have consumption warnings that will tell how much of each species it is safe to eat on waters like the Ohio. Personally if I need to be told how much fish I can eat I wont eat any. But I am not big fan of eating fish anyway if they tasted like steak or shrimp I would probably eat some. Actually I probably end up with Mercury poisoning if they tasted like steak.

[artcarney_agr]

It just depends on what species.

The smaller the fish, the less time it's spent in the water, and the less amount of mercury that has built up in it's tissues.

Just fillet them, remove any and all fat and enjoy.

I mainly clean and eat sauger, and limit my meals to once a month.

[floatman]

try this, http://fw.ky.gov/pdf/2010fishingforecast.pdf hope it helps

Gary

[floatman]

Ithink this is more helpful http://fw.ky.gov/fishadvisory.asp hope this helps

Gary

[boondock]

Where do you find these pdf documents on fw.ky.gov?

[floatman]

Where do you find these pdf documents on fw.ky.gov?

I got the pdf documents from jcb's post on (were to go????) but you can find more at http://fw.ky.gov/navigation.aspx?cid=110 found it on Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Page, hope this is what you wanted

Gary

[waterdog101]

Ithink this is more helpful http://fw.ky.gov/fishadvisory.asp hope this helps

Gary

thanks gary, I had heard the ohio river had an advisory, on eating the fish. and was glad to read the report myself. but the advisory, on eating fish from lake cumberland. was something i did not know.

[floatman]

thanks gary, I had heard the ohio river had an advisory, on eating the fish. and was glad to read the report myself. but the advisory, on eating fish from lake cumberland. was something i did not know.

your welcome Waterdog, I didn't know that about Cumberland ether, I fish Cumberland but release most all the fish, every once in awhile all take a couple KYs that's it, all that stuff in our fish makes ya wonder!!!!

Gary

[kydonky]

I think you can eat something like on meal every six months if you are not pregnant.

[waterdog101]

your welcome Waterdog, I didn't know that about Cumberland ether, I fish Cumberland but release most all the fish, every once in awhile all take a couple KYs that's it, all that stuff in our fish makes ya wonder!!!!

Gary

about all i fish for is striper and smallmouth, i never keep a smallmouth. i keep enough striper, from spring night fishing. to eat on all year. we grill a lot, but sometimes we skip the grill, and have a fish fry. before they lowered the water, on lake cumberland. when i would go smallmouth fishing at night. i would bait about 10 or 12 limb lines, and smallmouth fish for 2 hours. then go shine a spot light on my limb lines.i pick up a few good catfish to take home this way.

[bassin bruce]

I've eaten sauger caught this time of year several times and it is great! Personally, that is the only fish out the Ohio I would eat.