![]() For women and young children, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently recommend against eating any shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and tilefish, and also limiting consumption of albacore tuna to one meal per week. It is recommended that women of childbearing age and young children avoid those species of fish and seafood known to contain high concentrations of mercury. Each advisory provides specific fish consumption recommendations for fish from those waters.įor other waters and fish in the park, we recommend following this FDA guidance on wild fish consumption: ![]() The advisory includes information specific to sensitive individuals, which include women who are or might become pregnant, nursing mothers and children less than 15 years of age as well as all other persons.Īdvisory data is based on Wyoming Game and Fish Department tests to assess mercury levels in fish harvested from the Snake River and Jackson Lake. These advisories are in place to keep the consumption of mercury within safe levels. Mercury can build up in tissue over time and consuming too much can pose health risks. Fish can be a healthy addition to one’s diet, but anglers should be aware that consumption advisories have been developed by Wyoming Game and Fish Department for the following species of fish in the park: cutthroat, brown, and lake trout as they may contain methyl mercury. With your Wyoming fishing license, you are permitted to harvest fish, in accordance with creel limits, for consumption. Lake Trout: six (6), no more than one (1) shall exceed twenty-four (24) inchesĪny fish an angler chooses to to release must be carefully and immediately returned to the water from which it was taken.įishing is allowed at Jackson Lake, but anglers should note consumption advisories.In addition to the previous creel limits, anglers may also have in possession:.Streams in Grand Teton National Park: Three (3) trout*, no more than one (1) shall exceed sixteen (16) inches and no more than one (1) cutthroat trout shall exceed twelve (12) inches.Lakes in Grand Teton National Park: Six (6) trout* per day or in possession, no more than three (3) shall be cutthroat trout and no more than one (1) cutthroat trout shall exceed twelve (12) inches.Lakes: On lakes not otherwise restricted to fishing or artificial flies and lures only the following dead, non-game fish may be used or posessed as bait: redside shiner, speckled dace, longnose dace, Paiute sculpin, mottled sculpin, Utah chub, Utah sucker, and commercially preserved dead baitfish.Rivers and Streams: Only artificial flies and lures may be used in the Snake River from the gauging station (1,000ft below Jackson Lake Dam) to the Wyoming Highway 22 Bridge (Wilson Bridge) and all streams excluding the Buffalo Fork, Gros Ventre River, Pacific Creek, Polecat Creek, and the Snake River upstream of Jackson Lake.Each line may have no more than three single or treble hooks, flies, or lures attached. Two rods or poles may be used with the angler in attendance. December 1-July 31: All streams and Blacktail Spring Ponds within Grand Teton National Park are closed to access excluding Polecat Creek, Buffalo Fork River, Pacific Creek, Gros Ventre River, and Snake River in Teton County.Īngler fishes the Snake River at the Jackson Lake Dam.The Buffalo Fork is closed from the east park boundary to the Snake River Confluence in Moran. ![]()
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