MAP INSIDE ADIRONDACK REGION Health Advice on Eating Fish You Catch KNOW THE Many people enjoy fishing. The Adirondacks are rich with rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds, Advisories and offer wonderful The New York State Department opportunities for of Health (DOH) issues advisories for eating sportfish. This brochure fishing. explains the three fish advisories for This brochure is for the Adirondack region: people who may eat n The statewide general advisory the fish they catch o Advisories for women under 50 from waters of the years old and for children under Adirondack region. 15 years old. Fish are nutritious and p Waterbody-specific advisories for good to eat. However, the Adirondack region. some fish have levels of chemicals that Knowing these advisories can help you might be harmful and your family make sportfish part of a healthy diet. to your health or to members of your family. meal = ½ p Statewide One ound General Advisory Eat up to four meals a month of fish taken from any lake, river, stream, or pond (and some marine waters) unless there is stricter advice for these waters. Advisories for Women and Children For women under 50 and children under 15 years old DOH offers special advice because mercury and other chemicals in fish may have a greater effect on babies and young children. Some chemicals also build up in a woman’s body and can be passed on to her baby. Methylmercury, the form of mercury that builds up in fish, can cause effects on the nervous system. Exposure to methylmercury is more of a concern for children and unborn babies because their nervous systems are still developing. Some research on people who eat large amounts of fish finds that methylmercury might affect children’s memory, attention, and language development. ADIRONDACK REGIONAL ADVICE Women under 50 and children under 15 years old should follow this advice about eating fish in the Adirondack Region: • Don’t eat ANY fish from the waters listed on the Waterbody-Specific Advisories map inside this brochure • Don’t eat ANY of the fish (below) from the Adirondack Region and nearby waters because they have higher levels of mercury. Largemouth bass Northern pike Pickerel Smallmouth bass Walleye Yellow perch over 10 inches • Eat up to four meals a month of other fish with lower mercury levels, such as bullhead, sunfish, rock bass, crappie, yellow perch under 10”, brook trout, brown trout, and rainbow trout, if they are not from waters listed on the Waterbody-Specific Advisories map inside this brochure. Waterbody-Specific Advisories Depending on where you fish in the Adirondack Region, there is advice for everyone (see map inside for details). COMMON FISH OF Waterbody-Specific Advisories for the Adirondack Region THE ADIRONDACKS Beaver Lake 11 Beaver River 4 Big Moose Lake 38 Blue Mountain Lake 31 Brown Tract Ponds 35 Clinton Canada Lake 55 Franklin County Carry Falls Reservoir 16 County Cumberland Head Chase Lake 56 Bluegill '19 Cumberland Bay Cranberry Lake 15 r Crane Pond 63 Davis Lake Dam 66' n Dart Lake 39 Peru Boat Launch East Stoner Lake 53 '18 Effley Falls Pond 6 St. Lawrence Rive St. Lawrence ' Elmer Falls Pond 5 Black Lake 20 '65 Fall Lake 48 Brook trout ' 17 ' County Champlai Lake ' ' 21 Ferris Lake 52 Forked Lake 33 16 ' 22 Francis Lake 10 ' ' ' Franklin Falls Flow/Pond 21 23 Great Sacandaga Lake 60 Essex Halfmoon Lake 9 ' ' 15 24 County ' High Falls Pond 3 Brown trout Jefferson ' 25 64 26 Hinckley Reservoir 41 County 1 27 Hudson River 61 Hamilton ' 28 Indian Lake (Fort Drum) 1 2 ' County ' ADIRONDACK Indian Lake (Indian Lake) 45 ' '' 14 29 Kings Flow 44 3 ' '' ' ' PAPARKRK ' ' ' Lake Algonquin 58 ' ' ' 30 ' 4 ' ' ' ' 63 ' ' 31 Lake Champlain 65 13 ' ' Lake Durant 32 Bullhead 5 32 '62 12 33 Lake Eaton 29 6 ' ' 43 Lewey Lake 46 Lake '' 7 11 34 Limekiln Lake 40 Ontario 10 ' 44 8 9 35 45 Lincoln Pond 64 Salmon Rive 37 36 Long Lake 28 Reservoir Lewis ' 46 Lake George r 47 Long Pond 2 County 48 ' Warren Lower Saranac Lake 23 38 ' Crappie Oswego 49' County Lower Sister Lake 36 ' ' Meacham Lake 18 County ' 50 ' 39 ' 51 Middle (East) Stoner Lake 53 ' 59 Moshier Reservoir 13 41 42 ' Delta Reservoir 52 ' 58 61 North Lake 42 40 ' ' Osgood Pond 22 Oneida Lake ' War shington 53 ' 57 Oneida Herkimer ' County Pine Lake 54 54 60 Piseco Lake 49 County 56Fulton County 55 Polliwog Pond 24 Lake trout County Raquette Lake 34 Saratoga Hudson Rive Onondaga Rock Pond 32 Madison County Saratoga County Lake Rollins Pond 26 County Round Pond 43 Russian Lake 37 Sacandaga Lake 47 Salmon River 66 Largemouth bass Sand Lake 51 Advice for waters outside the Adirondack Region is not shown. Please check www.health.ny.gov/fish to see the latest advice for all waters. Schroon Lake 62 Soft Maple Dam Pond 7 Because chemicals remain in fish even if they move from one waterbody to another, the advice applies to tributaries and connected waters if Soft Maple Reservoir 8 South Pond 30 there are no dams, falls, or barriers to stop the fish from moving upstream. If you are not sure about possible fish barriers near waters where you Spy Lake 50 are fishing, call your DEC office listed on the back of this brochure. Stark Falls Reservoir 17 Northern pike Stillwater Reservoir 14 Sunday Lake 12 Tupper Lake 27 Women under 50 years and children under 15 years: Union Falls Flow/Pond 20 Upper Chateaugay Lake 19 DON’T EAT ANY FISH from the waters listed below. For waters not listed, Upper Sister Lake 36 see Advisories for Women and Children on the other side of this brochure. Weller Pond 25 Willis Lake 59 Pickerel Woods Lake 57 Men over 15 and Women over 50: Follow the advice listed below. For fish and waters not listed, eat up to four fish meals a month. 1. Indian Lake (Town of Diana/Fort Drum, Lewis) EAT UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH of northern 36. Lower and Upper Sister Lakes - 53. East/Middle Stoner Lake- UP TO ONE - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH all fish pike and smaller yellow perch DON’T EAT yellow perch over 10” MEAL A MONTH of smallmouth bass over 15” Rainbow trout 2. Long Pond (Town of Croghan, Lewis) - DON’T 19. Upper Chateaugay Lake - UP TO ONE 37. Russian Lake - UP TO ONE MEAL A 54. Pine Lake - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH EAT splake over 12” MEAL A MONTH of smallmouth bass over 15” MONTH of yellow perch over 9” of largemouth bass 3. High Falls Pond - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH 20. Union Falls Flow/Pond - UP TO ONE 38. Big Moose Lake - UP TO ONE MEAL 55. Canada Lake - UP TO ONE MEAL A of smallmouth bass over 15” MEAL A MONTH of northern pike, smallmouth A MONTH of yellow perch over 10“ and MONTH of smallmouth bass over 15” and 4. Beaver River (between High Falls Dam & bass and walleye lake trout chain pickerel Rock bass Croghan Dam) - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH of 21. Franklin Falls Flow/Pond - DON’T EAT 39. Dart Lake - UP TO ONE MEAL A 56. Chase Lake - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH smallmouth bass walleye MONTH of yellow perch over 10” of yellow perch over 9” 5. Elmer Falls Pond - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH 22. Osgood Pond - UP TO ONE MEAL A 40. Limekiln Lake - UP TO ONE MEAL A 57. Woods Lake - UP TO ONE MEAL A of smallmouth bass MONTH of smallmouth bass MONTH of yellow perch over 10” MONTH of smallmouth bass over 15” 6. Effley Falls Pond - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH 23. Lower Saranac Lake - UP TO ONE MEAL 41. Hinckley Reservoir - UP TO ONE 58. Lake Algonquin - UP TO ONE MEAL A Smallmouth bass of chain pickerel and smallmouth bass A MONTH of smallmouth bass over 15” MEAL A MONTH of chain pickerel and MONTH of chain pickerel over 20” 7. Soft Maple Dam Pond - UP TO ONE MEAL A 24. Polliwog Pond - UP TO ONE MEAL A smallmouth bass 59. Willis Lake - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH MONTH of rock bass and smallmouth bass MONTH of smallmouth bass 42. North Lake (Town of Ohio, Herkimer) of smallmouth bass 8. Soft Maple Reservoir - UP TO ONE MEAL A 25. Weller Pond - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH of yellow 60. Great Sacandaga Lake - UP TO ONE MONTH of rock bass and smallmouth bass of northern pike perch MEAL A MONTH of smallmouth bass and Walleye 9. Halfmoon Lake - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH 26. Rollins Pond - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH 43. Round Pond (Town of Long Lake, walleye of yellow perch of smallmouth bass Hamilton) - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH of 61. Hudson River (Corinth Dam [Palmer yellow perch over 12” 10. Francis Lake - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH 27. Tupper Lake - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH Falls Dam] to South Glens Falls Dam at Route of chain pickerel over 20” and largemouth bass of smallmouth bass and walleye 44. Kings Flow - UP TO ONE MEAL A 9 Bridge) - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH of over 15” MONTH of largemouth bass over 15” smallmouth bass over 14” and carp Yellow perch 28. Long Lake (Town of Long Lake, Hamilton) 11. Beaver Lake - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH of - UP TO ONE MEAL A MONTH of northern pike 45. Indian Lake (Towns of Indian Lake 62.