Illinois Fish Advisory
Illinois Fish Advisory | Cook, DuPage and Lake County Water Bodies

2013
Cook, DuPage and Lake County Water Bodies

The following meal advisories for fish found with elevated levels of chlordane, dioxin, methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are based primarily on protecting sensitive populations, particularly women of childbearing age, pregnant women, fetuses, nursing mothers and children younger than 15 years of age. All advisories may be overprotective for women beyond childbearing age and males 15 years of age and older.

PLEASE NOTE: THE METHYLMERCURY ADVISORY APPLIES TO PREDATOR FISH – all species of black bass (largemouth, smallmouth and spotted), striped bass, white bass, hybrid striped bass, walleye, sauger, saugeye, flathead catfish, muskellunge and northern pike – IN ALL ILLINOIS WATERS. For more information on mercury in Illinois fish, see the "Special Mercury Advisory", "Facts About Illinois' Methylmercury Advisory", "Facts About Illinois' Chlordane Advisory" and "Facts About Illinois' Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Advisory"


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  1. Lake Michigan
  2. Arrowhead Lake
  3. Big Muddy River
  4. Bureau Creek
  5. Busse Lake
  6. Calumet River
  7. Campus Lake
  8. Carbondale City Reservoir
  9. Casey Fork Creek
  10. Cedar Creek
  11. Cedar Lake
  12. Centralia Lake
  13. Chicago River
  14. Crab Orchard Creek
  15. Crab Orchard Lake
  16. Des Plaines River
  17. Devil's Kitchen Lake
  18. DuPage River
  19. DuPage River,East Branch
  20. Elkhorn Creek
  21. Evergreen Lake
  22. Fox Chain-O-Lakes
  23. Fox River
  24. Frank Holten Lakes
  25. Galena River
  26. Greenville Old City Lake
  27. Heidecke Lake
  28. Henderson Creek
  29. Herrin Lake
  30. Highland-Silver Lake
  31. Horseshoe Lake
  32. Illinois River
  33. Indian Camp Creek
  34. Kankakee River
  35. Kaskaskia River
  36. Kickapoo Creek
  37. Kinkaid Lake
  38. Kishwaukee River
  39. Kishwaukee River, South Branch
  40. Lake Bracken
  41. Lake Calumet
  42. Lake Decatur
 Fish Advisory for Cook County Arrowhead Lake Salt Creek Lake Calumet Midlothian Reservoir Calumet River Wolf Lake Schiller Pond Busse Lake Saganashkee Slough Des Plaines River Chicago River Fax Chain-O-Lakes Lake Michigan Marquette Park Lagoon East Branch of the DuPage River Waukegan North Harbor McKinley Park Lagoon Powderhorn Lake
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  1. Lake Depue
  2. Lake Fork Creek
  3. Lake in the Hills
  4. Lake of the Woods
  5. Lake of Egypt
  6. Lake Jacksonville
  7. Pana Lake
  8. Lake Renwick East
  9. Lake Sara
  10. Lake Taylorville
  11. Little Grassy Lake
  12. Little Wabash River and Tributaries
  13. Mackinaw River
  14. Marion City Reservior
  15. Marquette Park Lagoon
  16. Mazon River
  17. McKinley Park Lagoon
  18. Midlothian Reservoir
  19. Missippippi River
  20. Monee Reservoir
  21. Mt. Olive New City Lake
  22. Nippersink Creek
  23. Ohio River
  24. Pecatonica River
  25. Powderhorn Lake
  26. Pyramid State Park
  27. Raccoon Lake
  28. Rock River
  29. Saganashkee Slough
  30. Salt Creek
  31. Sam Parr Lake
  32. Sangamon River
  33. Schiller Pond
  34. Siloam Springs Lake
  35. Skillet Fork Creek
  36. Spring Creek
  37. Sugar River
  38. Sycamore Lake
  39. Vermilion River
  40. Wabash River
  41. Waukegan North Harbor
  42. Wolf Lake