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The following meal advisories for fish found with elevated levels of chlordane, methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are based primarily on protecting sensitive populations, most particularly women who are pregnant, nursing, or of childbearing age, fetuses, 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 PREDATORY FISH IN ALL ILLINOIS WATERS. Predator fish include all species of black bass (largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and spotted bass), striped bass, hybrid striped bass, white bass, walleye, sauger, saugeye, flathead catfish, muskellunge, and northern pike. For more information on mercury in Illinois fish, see the "Special Mercury Advisory" and "Facts About Illinois' Methylmercury Advisory". For more information about Chlordane and PCBs see "Facts About Illinois' Chlordane Advisory" and "Facts About Illinois' Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Advisory".


Click on a listed body of water or corresponding number on the map for more detailed information

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 Lake
15 Des Plaines River
16 Devil's Kitchen Lake
17 DuPage River
18 DuPage River,East Branch
19 Elkhorn Creek
20 Evergreen Lake
21 Fox Chain-O-Lakes
22 Fox River
23 Frank Holten Lakes
24 Galena River
25 Greenville Old City Lake
26 Heidecke Lake
27 Henderson Creek
28 Herrin Lake
29 Highland-Silver Lake
30 Horseshoe Lake
31 Illinois River
32 Indian Camp Creek
33 Kankakee River
34 Kaskaskia River
35 Kickapoo Creek
36 Kinkaid Lake
37 Kishwaukee River
38 Kishwaukee River, South Branch
39 Lake Bracken
40 Lake Calumet
41 Lake Decatur


 Illinois Fish Advisory Map Kaskaskia River Cedar Lake Lake Taylorville Lake Depue Mackinaw River Horseshoe Lake Skillet Fork Creek Lake of Egypt Cedar Creek Kishwaukee River Herrin Lake Big Muddy River Mazon River Nippersink Creek DuPage River Crab Orchard Lake Pyramid State Park Carbondale City Reservoir Heidecke Lake Spring Creek Sugar River Kankakee River Lake in the Hills Ohio River Little Wabash River and Tributaries Pecatonica River Henderson Creek Lake of the Woods Siloam Springs Lake Vermilion River Greenville Old City Lake Monee Reservoir Illinois River Lake Renwick East Marion City Reservior Sam Parr Lake Highland-Silver Lake Kickapoo Creek Lake Decatur Raccoon Lake Mt. Olive New City Lake Galena River Lake Bracken Little Grassy Lake Lake Fork Creek Cook, DuPage and Lake County Bodies of Water Sangamon River Kishwaukee River South Branch Devil's Kitchen Lake Kinkaid Lake Wabash River Casey Fork Creek Rock River Missippippi River Evergreen Lake Fox River Powerton Lake Campus Lake Frank Holten Lakes Sycamore Lake Bureau Creek Centralia Lake Elkhorn Creek Indian Camp Creek Lake Jacksonville Pana Lake Lake Sara
Printer Friendly Version of Advisory - PDF		 42 Lake Depue
43 Lake Fork Creek
44 Lake in the Hills
45 Lake of the Woods
46 Lake of Egypt
47 Lake Jacksonville
48 Pana Lake
49 Lake Renwick East
50 Lake Sara
51 Lake Taylorville
52 Little Grassy Lake
53 Little Wabash River and Tributaries
54 Mackinaw River
55 Marion City Reservior
56 Marquette Park Lagoon
57 Mazon River
58 McKinley Park Lagoon
59 Midlothian Reservoir
60 Missippippi River
61 Monee Reservoir
62 Mt. Olive New City Lake
63 Nippersink Creek
64 Ohio River
65 Pecatonica River
66 Powerton Lake
67 Pyramid State Park
68 Raccoon Lake
69 Rock River
70 Saganashkee Slough
71 Salt Creek
72 Sam Parr Lake
73 Sangamon River
74 Schiller Pond
75 Siloam Springs Lake
76 Skillet Fork Creek
77 Spring Creek
78 Sugar River
79 Sycamore Lake
80 Vermilion River
81 Wabash River
82 Waukegan North Harbor
83 Wolf Lake