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Interesting webpage. I would never kill a bass, so I'm not concerned about the worst mercury-contaminated fish.
On the New Jersey Hunter forum, where some of the people aren't too good about releasing bass, my advice to them is to think about the fish they consume as if they were buying it from a supermarket. If you saw bass in the supermarket and it came with a label stating:
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DANGER
Contains PCB and Methyl Mercury
Only eat one serving per month to minimize bio-accumulation of mercury.
Women of child bearing age should avoid this product entirely. Mercury may harm the developing nervous system of unborn babies and children.
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Seriously - would any reasonable person buy that fish?
These warnings are probably based on smaller sized fish. A trophy bass is quite old and thus has a lot more mercury it has accumulated in it's flesh.
Here's an easy to understand webpage for people interested in learning more:
https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/merc.html
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