Places where you wouldn't eat the fish you catch.

[dmtfish]

I have been curious about the calcasieu estuary since moving to the LC area. I can't help but think about the water quality when fishing the prien area, since the backdrop is all refineries. I did quite a bit of internet research to find out just how safe the fish were to eat from the Calc estuary, and in particular the Prien area. I was disappointed at the lack of data and studies out there. As mentioned in some previous posts, Bayou D'Inde seems to be a hot bed, so I dont fish it. I did come across one study that compared LC residents (who ate fish on a reg basis from lake calc) to residents of Lafayette (who ate fish from Verm bay on a reg basis) and compared different toxin levels in the blood (If I remember correctly is was mainly dioxins that they measured). Residents from Lafayette had a slightly elevated level compared to LC residents, which kind of took me by surprise. Anyway, I fish Prien all the time and eat the fish on a regular basis. Figure cant be any worse than my other bad habits!