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Thread: Striper - Contaminated Fish Warning

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    Just thought I'd post this info in case anyone is eating the Striper they catch at Silverwood.
    Apparently there isn't a problem with them in the other local lakes that have them, at least I couldn't find any advisories on them.
    Hard to believe that they would only be contaminated at Silverwood and not other reservoirs.
    Anyway, here's the link on the info if you're interested;
    https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads...lakeposter.pdf

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    When these tests are done, are they sampling the meat or organs? I remember talking to a biologist back in the day who said the testing procedure didn't make sense because of the tissue sample source not being what we actually eat

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fish Seeker View Post
    Just thought I'd post this info in case anyone is eating the Striper they catch at Silverwood.
    Apparently there isn't a problem with them in the other local lakes that have them, at least I couldn't find any advisories on them.
    Hard to believe that they would only be contaminated at Silverwood and not other reservoirs.
    Anyway, here's the link on the info if you're interested;
    https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads...lakeposter.pdf
    I'm pretty sure this warning has been around for years. I don't eat any fish, but I know many on here that do eat stripers from Silverwood. Perhaps somebody like Kwin could offer some clarity on this subject.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fish Seeker View Post
    Just thought I'd post this info in case anyone is eating the Striper they catch at Silverwood.
    Apparently there isn't a problem with them in the other local lakes that have them, at least I couldn't find any advisories on them.
    Hard to believe that they would only be contaminated at Silverwood and not other reservoirs.
    Anyway, here's the link on the info if you're interested;
    https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads...lakeposter.pdf
    I spoke to a game warden a few months ago up there after a trip and he said there isn't a problem unless you eat older fish that have had a chance to get more of the contaminates in them.

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    That warning has been around for several years. Consequently, I have stopped eating Striped Bass from Silverwood and haven't even been fishing there much these past few years, although the smaller ones that I usually catch from the docks would probably be okay to eat. I actually mentioned the health warnings on Silverwood stripers in another thread recently.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MillsapBoyz View Post
    I'm pretty sure this warning has been around for years. I don't eat any fish, but I know many on here that do eat stripers from Silverwood. Perhaps somebody like Kwin could offer some clarity on this subject.
    I think Kwin did comment on this before. If I remember right the build up of heavy metals is cumulative. Meaning the older larger fish will have the higher levels that are unsafe. Younger smaller fish will typically be ok, I want to say he said sub 5lbs on stripers, but I am not 100% sure

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    its been around for years and yet still hasnt seen or heard a life threatening to anyone yet, its mainly to fish that been there for 5+ years
    Last edited by fishing_freak; 02-11-2019 at 02:33 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fishing_freak View Post
    its been around for years and yet still hasnt seen or heard a life threatening to anyone yet, its mainly to fish that been there for 5+ years
    The warnings are flawed IMO and based upon a small sample size of a few large/older fish. I am comfortable eating the predominant striped bass at Silverwood which are less than 3 lbs because they have not lived long enough to accumulate a harmful level of mercury as determined by State Water Quality Control Boards. I know of similar small size (aged) striped bass at another SoCal lake that recently tested below the harmful threshold that triggers warnings. Mercury is in all our lakes thanks to atmospheric deposition from coal burnt in China and residual gold mining in the sierras. It is a complicated series of events that causes the elemental mercury to uptake into the food web. Research and educate yourself on the subject to make an informed decision for yourself.
    Last edited by kwin; 02-11-2019 at 09:26 PM.

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    Thank you for the information, KWIN. The next time my wife says she wants to go to Silverwood Lake to catch the (mostly little) Striped Bass from the docks, I guess we will go. I honestly suspected that was the case, but the stern "Don't eat Striped Bass" warnings for Silverwood I found to be rather off putting.
    Last edited by Natural Lefty; 02-12-2019 at 08:49 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kwin View Post
    Mercury is in all our lakes thanks to atmospheric deposition from coal burnt in China and residual gold mining in the sierras. It is a complicated series of events that causes the elemental mercury to uptake into the food web. Research and educate yourself on the subject to make an informed decision for yourself.
    Did a little research on this and that is crazy. I always wondered where the Hg came from. Kind of scary really.

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