I was cleaning some fish at the Martin Lake State Park the other evening when a gentleman walked up and asked if the fish here were safe to eat. He had just moved to Texas from Colorado and was told that the fish in this lake were not safe to eat and someone had actually died from eating them. (someone probably choked to death on a bone). I recommended him to the Texas Parks and Wildlife website where they have a list of all lakes that have been tested and their advisories. If you have questions about the lakes you fish, it's worth a look. It's for salt water fishing also. Hope they're bitin for ya!

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Been eating fish out of that lake for 20 years. I'm not dead yet

It's kind of odd cause Martin Lake gets a clean bill of health and the bigger lakes like Sam Rayborn and Toledo Bend have advisories on their fish.

Dude the 375 degree grease kills a lot of harmful stuff. Mix that with ice cold beer, I think the harmful agents can't handle the extreme hot, and then the extreme cold. Haha

+1.....

Assuming the person OP is referring to meant Steinhegan. That lake has a mercury advisory. You can't cook mercury out of fish, you cant purge it out of life fish. By all means eat up, nature will just run its course.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area
Mountain Creek Lake in Dallas County

Chemicals of Concern:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dioxins
Persons should not consume any species of fish from these waters.
Lake Worth in Tarrant County

Chemicals of Concern:
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), aldrin, dieldrin
Persons should not consume blue catfish, channel catfish or smallmouth buffalo from these waters.
This replaces a previous advisory issued in 2000. See details.
Fosdic Lake in Tarrant County

Chemicals of Concern:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
For common carp, adults and children 12 and older should eat no more than two 8-ounce servings per month.
Children under 12 should eat no more than two 4-ounce servings per month.
Women who are or might become pregnant and women who are nursing should not eat any common carp from the lake.
Clear Fork of Trinity River from Benbrook Reservoir dam and West Fork from Lake Worth dam, including main stem of the Trinity downstream to US 287 bridge. Portions of Anderson, Dallas, Ellis, Freestone, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro and Tarrant counties.

Chemicals of Concern:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Dioxins
Persons should not consume any species of fish from these waters.

GOOD TO KNOW GUYS!!

I have been eating catfish for 15 years out of the trinity river here in the grand prairie area. I know people personally that have been eating fish out of mtn creek for 40 years. Nothing wrong with them and they smoke and drink.