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Eating fish from Lake Michigan - Feydakin - 05-01-2007
So now that I have about 10 pounds of trout filets inthe freezer my wife jumps online and sees that "they" are recommending not eating more than 1/2 pound of fish (trout, salmon, etc) a month from the lakes because of the mercury in the fish.. If this is really the case then I'm sitting on 10 months of fish for the two of us and we haven't gone salmon fishing yet..
Any fish that area a lot have any thoughts on this??
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Re: [Feydakin] Eating fish from Lake Michigan - birddogwi - 05-01-2007
#1 - cut the bellys off the fish
#2 - your griller sized fish won't have the higher concentrations
#3 - Fatty fish such as Lake Trout have higher concentrations they're bottom dwellers too.
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to be entirely honest with you these mercury warnings get a little rediculous and some if not most of their data is a biased depiction in my understanding through the years.
hey, just because my hair fell out and my eyes glow in the dark doesn't mean I've eaten mercury ladden fish!
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Re: [Feydakin] Eating fish from Lake Michigan - Tarpon4me - 05-01-2007
I'm not going to stop eatting fish because of a mercury warning. I wouldnt eat fish everyday, but once a week should be fine.
Ballacks I Say!!!!! Bury me and put "the human thermometer" on my tombstone. LOL, just kidding guys. [
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Re: [Feydakin] Eating fish from Lake Michigan - straight6pwr - 05-01-2007
you should be fine making a meal or two out of it. ive had a number salmon dinners from michigan (the gig where a restaurant will cook up the fish you eat) and i'm fine. its more a warning if you plan on eating only the fish very consistantly over longer periods of time.
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Re: [Tarpon4me] Eating fish from Lake Michigan - bkidder - 05-01-2007
It will just put hair on your chest. So, if you're okay with that... eat away!
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Re: [Feydakin] Eating fish from Lake Michigan - tubeN2 - 05-02-2007
As was mentioned, avoid the fatty parts of the fish.
Fish will store these contaminants in 3 main areas. 1. The belly fat and skin (damn, there goes the best part of the fried trout)
2. The fins ( the second best part of a crispy fried trout)
3. The head ( can still be ground up and put into the garden)
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Re: [bkidder] Eating fish from Lake Michigan - Feydakin - 05-02-2007
I don't know about you - but I don't want hair on my wife's chest
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Re: [Feydakin] Eating fish from Lake Michigan - bkidder - 05-02-2007
I dont blame you! LOL
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Re: [Feydakin] Eating fish from Lake Michigan - Tarpon4me - 05-02-2007
LOL, I agree. No hair on the wife's chest. She'll be on a strick chicken diet. [sly]
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Re: [Tarpon4me] Eating fish from Lake Michigan - birddogwi - 05-03-2007
its actually quite becoming if they put it in Bo Derek braids.. [
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Re: [birddogwi] Eating fish from Lake Michigan - tubeN2 - 05-04-2007
Braids???!!!!!!! Not a good idea. The beads could be devastating.[pirate]
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