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

[Jasonf]

I was wondering if there are any places that you guys either fish or see people fishing, but you wouldn't eat the fish caught there. I grew up in lake Charles right on contraband bayou not far from the lake. My family worked in the plants and we never ate fish out of the bayou or lakes south of the saltwater barrier. I can only think of a few times we would even go swimming in prien or lake Charles. My grandfather and father fished fresh water most of the time in the marsh or at their camp at Toledo and later Bund*cks. Even now driving over the 210 bridge, I see the boats fishing near the ship channel, the plants, and bayou d'inde and think that I would not even fish over there but definitely not eat any. I know the pollution that happened back in the day has been controlled to a certain degree . In the past few years, we have started fishing in Big lake and the refuges and I don't have an issue eating those fish. I know they migrate around and everything, but I can't get past the ingrained memories of my grandfather always saying not to eat the fish out of the lake. Anyway,, just curious...