My rule of thumb: If you wouldn't drink the (untreated) water where the fish lives, don't eat the fish....
No, I would not eat any fish caught from the White River, especially from south of Noblesville on down.
First of all, you looked in the wrong place.I did a search for this and came up with 0 results.
I hear a lot of hype about the danger of eating fish out of white river.
My question is this: Is this hype, or is it genuinely dangerous to eat fish (say, catfish...) from White River?
First of all, you looked in the wrong place.
ISDH: Fish Consumption Advisory
Second of all, even if the water was clean, the danger could still exist. The water is not the issue. You don't eat the water, you eat the flesh. The issue is what is in the flesh that is bad for you.
In cases like this, the Apex predators are the worst to eat, so if the fish are bad, eating the Eagle is worse. This is how DDT came to an end. DDT accumulated in Eagles, the shells of their eggs were too thin, cracked, and the young died, the Eagle declined. (FYI Eagle is delicious)
So if you eat fish from waters with a warning, better to eat fish farther down the food chain, like a Bluegill or Perch. If you eat an apex predator like a large Pike, Bass, Catfish, do not eat the belly fat, trim it off. More pesticides will reside there than anywhere else.
You can be in very clean waters and find there is a Mercury warning on fish consumption.
Something you can do if you're that worried about it.... set up a large "fish tank" and let whatever you catch swim in the clean water for 24-48 hours... it'll help flush their system... That is what I am told at least. Like I said for smaller fish I wouldn't worry about it at all.
i wouldnt eat at there house that day,but i consider them as good as me or any one.