S.D. Admin. R. 41:07:03:03

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 67, December 16, 2024

Section 41:07:03:03 - Daily, possession, and length limit restrictions on special management waters - Additional restrictions described

Daily limit, possession limit, length limit, and additional restrictions on special management waters are as follows:

(1) Catfish may be taken without limit on the Grand, Moreau, Cheyenne, Belle Fourche, Bad, White, and Little Missouri Rivers; and in the inland waters of the Missouri River and its impoundments;

(2) In the waters of Lake Yankton in Yankton County and Lake Mitchell in Davison County, the minimum length limit for largemouth and smallmouth bass is fifteen inches;

(3) In New Wall Dam in Pennington County, only those largemouth and smallmouth bass less than fourteen inches in length or eighteen inches or greater in length may be taken, and of the largemouth and smallmouth bass taken daily no more than one may be eighteen inches or greater in length;

(4) In the Black Hills Fish Management Area:

(a) The areas described in subsections (b), (c), and (d) are restricted to artificial lures only and the use or possession of worms, baitfish, salmon eggs, corn, marshmallows, insects, moldable scented bait or naturally occurring or man-made food intended to be used as bait, within one hundred feet of the water in those areas, is prohibited;

(b) Rapid Creek, including the Pactola Stilling Basin below Pactola Dam to the foot bridge at Placerville Camp and Upper and Lower Yates Ponds at Cheyenne Crossing, are restricted to catch and release;

(c) Rapid Creek in Rapid City from Jackson Boulevard upstream to Park Drive is restricted to catch and release;

(d) Spearfish Creek from Homestake Hydro Dam No. 2 to Maurice Dam is restricted to catch and release for rainbow trout. Other trout species may be retained within established limits; and

(e) Only one trout fourteen inches or greater in length, regardless of species, may be taken daily from streams within the Black Hills Fish Management Area. However, in the Black Hills Fish Management Area the minimum length limit for lake trout or brook trout-lake trout (splake) cross is twenty-four inches or greater and the daily limit is one;

(5) All waters statewide are restricted to catch and release only for muskellunge and northern-muskellunge (tiger) cross;

(6) The season on paddlefish is closed, except as provided in § 41:07:05:02;

(7) In inland waters only one walleye twenty inches or greater in length may be taken daily, except as provided in subdivisions (10) and (13) of this section;

(8) In Lakes Francis Case and Sharpe, the minimum length limit for walleye is fifteen inches, from September first through June thirtieth;

(9) In Angostura Reservoir, Shadehill Reservoir, and from the Ft. Randall Dam downstream to the South Dakota-Nebraska state line on the Missouri River, the minimum length limit for walleye is fifteen inches;

(10) In Twin Lakes in Minnehaha County and Horseshoe Lake in Day County, the daily limit for walleye of any species is one, twenty-eight inches or greater in length;

(11) In Lynn and Middle Lynn Lakes in Day County, Opitz Lake in Day and Marshall Counties, Newell Lake and Belle Fourche Reservoir, including the terminal drop canal, in Butte County, and Curlew Lake in Meade County, the daily limit for walleye of any species combined is two and the minimum length limit is fifteen inches;

(12) From the Ft. Randall Dam downstream to the South Dakota-Nebraska state line on the Missouri River, the daily limit for white bass is fifteen and the possession limit is thirty; and

(13) In Reetz Lake in Day County, the daily limit is: one walleye twenty-eight inches or greater in length; one yellow perch fourteen inches or greater in length; one black crappie fifteen inches or greater in length; and one bluegill ten inches or greater in length, from May first through September thirtieth.

S.D. Admin. R. 41:07:03:03

SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 2 SDR 36, effective 11/12/1975; 4 SDR 31, effective 11/27/1977; 5 SDR 46, effective 1/1/1979; 6 SDR 60, effective 1/1/1980; 7 SDR 48, effective 11/25/1980; 8 SDR 58, effective 11/30/1981; 9 SDR 76, effective 12/23/1982; 10 SDR 48, effective 11/22/1983; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective 7/1/1984; 11 SDR 80, effective 12/16/1984; 12 SDR 92, effective 12/4/1985; 13 SDR 68, effective 12/11/1986; 14 SDR 81, effective 12/10/1987; 15 SDR 88, effective 12/18/1988; 16 SDR 114, effective 1/18/1990; 17 SDR 87, effective 12/10/1990; 17 SDR 109, effective 1/29/1991; 18 SDR 98, effective 12/12/1991; 19 SDR 82, effective 12/7/1992; 19 SDR 108, effective 1/26/1993; 20 SDR 87, effective 12/13/1993; 21 SDR 102, effective 12/8/1994; 22 SDR 82, effective 12/10/1995; 23 SDR 87, effective 12/3/1996; 24 SDR 72, effective 11/30/1997; 25 SDR 85, effective 12/21/1998; 25 SDR 85, effective 12/24/1998; 26 SDR 85, effective 12/26/1999; 27 SDR 47, effective 11/12/2000; 28 SDR 44, effective 10/3/2001; 28 SDR 84, effective 12/20/2001; 28 SDR 166, effective 6/4/2002; 29 SDR 80, effective 12/10/2002; 29 SDR 107, effective 2/3/2003; 30 SDR 99, effective 12/22/2003; 30 SDR 115, effective 2/4/2004; 30 SDR 171, effective 5/11/2004; 31 SDR 89, effective 12/27/2004; 32 SDR 109, effective 12/27/2005; 33 SDR 107, effective 12/27/2006; 34 SDR 179, effective 12/24/2007; 35 SDR 184, effective 2/2/2009; 36 SDR 112, effective 1/11/2010; 37 SDR 112, effective 12/8/2010; 38 SDR 116, effective 1/10/2012; 39 SDR 100, effective 12/3/2012; 40 SDR 113, effective 12/16/2013; 41 SDR 107, effective 1/5/2015; 42 SDR 93, effective 12/30/2015; 43 SDR 89, effective 12/29/2016; 44 SDR 93, effective 12/4/2017; 44 SDR 151, effective 4/30/2018; 45 SDR 030, effective 9/10/2018; 45 SDR 089, effective 12/31/2018; 46 SDR 116, effective 4/29/2020; 48 SDR 115, effective 5/24/2022; 49 SDR 046, effective 11/21/2022; 51 SDR 053, effective 11/11/2024

General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(1)(2)(14)(15)(17).

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(1)(2)(14)(17).