Fishing

Report 15 Downloads 445 Views
Fishing

Black Hills, Badlands and Lakes Region

More than 1,100 square miles of water and a fishing season that never closes await you

Comprising nearly a third of the state, this region features the famous Black Hills. Named by the Lakota, the mountainous Black Hills extend 100 miles, are 50 miles wide, and reach heights of more than 7,000 feet.

in South Dakota. The fishing section has been divided into four regions to assist your planning. The numbers on the map correspond

Within the Black Hills are 14 mountain lakes and more than 800 miles of meandering streams containing brook, brown and rainbow trout. On the surrounding prairie, reservoirs and ranch stock dams also provide angling fun. More than 50,000 stock dams, brimming with largemouth bass, northern pike and a variety of panfish, dot the western half of the state. Since many are found on private land, permission is needed before fishing.

to the numbers on the chart which accompany each region for quick reference. Refer to the current Game, Fish and Parks Fishing Handbook for rules and regulations regarding specific waters and species.

Black Hills Bell e

Spearfish on

3

sh C

Deadwood

Spe 21R

70

Lead 14A

60

85

135

13R

9R

25

BLACK

79

2335 29R

11R

17

32R

k Hwy

58

67

Sheridan Lake 228

244

36R 71

385 89

ife

385

87

Loo

18

18

79

16R

p

22R

18

19

Hot Springs 14R

6R

nne

eye

Ch

71

29

For the Black Hills angler, trout is the main quarry and are found in two primary habitats: small streams and mountain lakes. Rainbow trout are the most abundant and can be found throughout the Black Hills. Most waters are regularly stocked, but in about half of the streams, quality habitat has allowed wild trout to thrive. Refer to the Fishing Handbook for these management areas.

36

3R

36R

8R

.

Wind Cave NP

89

2

30

Angostura Res.

◆ Spin Casting: Small spinners, crankbaits, spoons and plugs

Fishing Techniques

Mtn

16A

CUSTER 16A 69 41 35 STATE 15R Wild PARK l

89

FOREST

n

15

7

22

Jewel Cave NM

Iro

6

87

Road

Crazy Horse Memorial Custer

38

23R

◆ Fly Fishing: Elk hair caddis, adams, blue wing olive, hare’s ear nymph, flashback scud nymph in sizes 16-20 or streamers in sizes 4-10

◆ Bait Fishing: Salmon eggs, marshmallows, night crawlers, corn and grasshoppers (in season)

ore

Ru

Rushmore Natl. Mem. Keystone

Hill City

NATIONAL

16

a Ro

shm

46 43 Mount

90

Rapid City

12 d

30R

51

27R

14

14

385 Rimroc

7R

HILLS 16

23

5R

62

28R

33R 31R

Deerfield

Fishing Tips

12R

17

d

34R

Roa

25R

Sturgis

14A

ad

arfi

39

2R

Ro

14A

any

10R

BEAR BUTTE STATE PARK

. eR ch

79

r ou

20 45

Most Fished Species: Brown, brook and rainbow trout and largemouth bass Popular Waters: Deerfield Reservoir, Sylvan Lake, Pactola Reservoir, Stockade Lake, Sheridan Lake, Rapid Creek, French Creek, Spearfish Creek, Spring Creek and Castle Creek

F

18

64

R

r ive

A slow and stealthy approach is needed for fishing small stream trout. Keeping a low profile and using brush and boulders to conceal your approach assists in success. Local fly fishing shops and country stores can be helpful to determine which flies and baits are working during a particular season.

385

South Dakota Fishing and Hunting Guide 1

Prairie Reservoirs Most Fished Species: Walleye, perch, smallmouth and largemouth bass, bluegill, channel catfish and northern pike Popular Waters: Belle Fourche Reservoir, Angostura Reservoir, Shadehill Reservoir, Little Missouri River, White River, Gardner Lake, Coal Springs Dam and Murdo Dam

Fishing Tips ◆ Spin Casting: Spinners, crankbaits, jerkbaits, spinnerbaits, spoons and jigs with plastic tail bodies Missouri R.

18R

Gra

nd

75

74

24R

er

Lit tle

31 63

South Gra

nd River

28

24

68

So

uth

Nor

th M

M

ore

au

57

59

ore

au

Ri

Riv

Moreau River

er

ver

26R

212

Faith 27

55 50 56

A popular lure for bass and walleye is the jig with a plastic body. Many anglers tip this with their favorite bait, such as a minnow, and slowly retrieve it in a jigging motion. Bass anglers have success worming with plastic worms. A small teardrop jig tipped with a wiggler is a favorite of panfish anglers.

73

49

Belle Fourche

Be ll

eF

30R

34

ne

.

en hey

R

Deadwood

BEAR BUTTE STATE PARK

he rc

8

3

ou

Spearfish

Sturgis

4R

R.

C

8R 73

76

52

90

Rapid City

8R

79

Mount Rushmore N MEM Keystone

Badlands NP

5

y

64

2

8R 11

Angostura Res.

Kadoka

240

385

2 South Dakota Fishing and Hunting Guide

37R

83

r

ve Ri ite 37R

h

W

18

18

77

90

Murdo

White River

Hot Springs 10 Edgemont 29

26 48

4

er

he

47

Riv

37R

54

73

ite

8R

ne en

16

37R

e Riv

r

Cave NP

C

3R Wind

Wall 9 72

44 33

CUSTER STATE PARK

Custer Jewel Cave NM

Philip

36 53

1

Martin 13 40

42

Wh

385

32 61

Mission 37

tle

12

66

Lit

14

21

Cheye

Elk Creek

12R

nne R

.

Lead

30

On the prairie, the fishing varies as much as the seasons in South Dakota. Waters on the prairie range from 8,000-acre reservoirs to two-acre ponds. Walleye and bass keep most anglers busy in these settings, but perch, bluegill, crappie and northern pike also provide angling excitement. Fishing techniques range from bait fishing with a bobber to aggressive spin fishing with jerkbaits and crankbaits.

73

17

85

4R

Fishing Techniques

17R

19R

34

◆ Bait Fishing: Crayfish, night crawlers, frogs, wigglers, leeches and minnows

12 Lemmon

Riv

83



Lakes and Reservoirs

Allen Dam Angostura Reservoir ✜ Bear Butte Lake ✜ Belvidere Lake Berner Dam Biltmore Lake (Lakota) Bismarck Lake B.L.M. Pond ✱ Bloom Dam ✱ ✜ Bochert Dam Buffalo Gap Natl. Grassland Ponds Canyon Lake ✱ Cedar Creek Dams Cement Plant Ponds Center Lake Church Dam Coal Springs Dam Coldbrook Reservoir Cottonwood Springs Coxes Lake Curlew Lake Custer Municipal Pond Dalton Lake Dam No. 73 Deerfield Lake Draper Dam Durkee Lake East Lemmon Lake Edgemont Dam Fiddle Creek Dam Flat Creek Dam Fort Pierre National Grassland Ponds ✱ Gage Dam Gardner Lake Grace Coolidge Dams ✜ Haynes Dam Hidden Timber Lake Horsethief Lake Iron Creek Lake LaCreek Refuge Pools Legion Lake Little White River Project Major Lake Mako Sica Dam Mirror Lake Mitchell Lake Murdo Dam Murdo Railroad Dam Newell City Pond Newell Lake Newton Fork Dam New Underwood Lake New Wall Lake ✱ Okaton Dam Opal Dam Orman Dam Owens Lake Pactola Reservoir

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58

Warmwater Species

Coldwater Species

Facilities

. ccess icap A g Hand leanin Fish C ock D Ramp Boat Toilet ing Camp out ow Tr Rainb Trout Lake rout roat T Cutth ut n Tro Brow Trout Brook on lm ok Sa ye Chino Walle ie Musk Tiger eon Sturg eye Saug er Saug Perch ike ern P North ie Musk ie Crapp h Catfis ad Bullhe ill Blueg Bass White ss Ba mouth Small ck Bass Ro Bass mouth Large ge Acrea



r umbe Map N

Black Hills, Badlands and Lakes Region

4 4,275 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 125 ■ ■ 38 ■ ■ 10 ■ 11 25 ■ 10 18 ■ ■ 15 ■ ■ ■ – ■ 25 17 5 25 15 ■ ■ 82 ■ ■ ■ 32 ■ – ■ 4 136 ■ ■ ■ ■ 3.5 3 4 ■ 414 12 ■ ■ 77 ■ ■ ■ ■ 164 ■ ■ ■ 2.5 ■ 10 ■ ■ 203 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ – ■ ■ ■ ■ 25 ■ ■ 203 ■ ■ ■ ■ – 10 ■ 20 ■ ■ ■ ■ 16 24 ■ ■ 3,900 ■ ■ ■ ■ 9 200 ■ ■ ■ 4 4 ■ 9 5 41 ■ ■ ■ ■ 18 ■ ■ ■ ■ 20 ■ ■ 183 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ – 20 ■ ■ ■ 37 ■ ■ ■ 25 ■ ■ ■ 28 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 8,000 ■ ■ ■ ■ 96 ■ ■ ■ ■ 785 ■

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■



■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

■ ■ ■ ■ ■

■ ■

■ ■ ■ ■ ■

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■



■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

✱ Limited Access ✜ Marginal Waters/Intermittent Fishing

South Dakota Fishing and Hunting Guide 3









Lakes and Reservoirs

Rabbit Creek Dam Reausaw Lake Richland Dam Roubaix Lake Shadehill Reservoir ✱✜ Sherberth Dam Sheridan Lake Shulte Dam Slate Creek Dam Sorum Dam Stockade Lake Strawberry Hill Pond Sylvan Lake ✱ Tennyson Dam Tisdale Dam ✱ Vesey Dam Vobejda Dam Wicksville Lake Williams Dam

Rivers and Streams

Battle Creek Bear Butte Creek Beaver Creek Belle Fourche River Box Elder Creek Cascade Creek Castle Creek Cheyenne River Cold Spring Creek Crow Creek Ditch Creek Elk Creek Englewood Creek Fall River Flynn Creek French Creek Grand River Grand River, N Fork Grand River, S Fork Grizzly Creek Hanna Creek Hot Brook Creek Iron Creek Little Missouri River Little Spearfish Creek Moreau River Newton Fork Creek North Fork Rapid Creek Rapid Creek Redwater River Rhodes Fork Creek Slate Creek South Fork Rapid Creek Spearfish Creek Spring Creek Stockade Beaver Creek White River

59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77

Warmwater Species

17 ■ 5 16 ■ ■ 6 4,693 ■ ■ ■ 2 ■ ■ ■ 385 ■ ■ 8 ■ ■ ■ 4 87 ■ ■ ■ 130 ■ ■ ■ ■ 2 19 56 ■ ■ 20 ■ ■ ■ 8 10 ■ ■ 6 ■ ■ ■ 20 ■ ■





■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■



Facilities

48 – – 133 – 3 – 288 ■ ■ – – – – – 7 – 62 144 25 30 – 2 3 – 53 – 289 2 – 86 41 – 14 – – 78 – 407





■ ■ ■

■ ■











■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■







■ ■ ■ ■

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■











Total miles

1R 2R 3R ­ 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10R 11R 12R 13R 14R 15R 16R 17R 18R 19R 20R 21R 22R 23R 24R 25R 26R 27R 28R 29R 30R 31R 32R 33R 34R 35R 36R 37R

✱ Limited Access ✜ Marginal Waters/Intermittent Fishing

4 South Dakota Fishing and Hunting Guide

Coldwater Species

. ccess icap A g Hand leanin Fish C ock D Ramp Boat Toilet ing Camp out ow Tr Rainb Trout Lake rout roat T Cutth ut n Tro Brow Trout Brook on lm ok Sa e y Chino Walle ie Musk Tiger eon Sturg eye Saug er Saug Perch ike ern P North ie Musk ie Crapp h Catfis ad Bullhe ill Blueg Bass White Bass mouth ss Small Ba Rock Bass mouth Large ge Acrea



r umbe Map N

Black Hills, Badlands and Lakes Region







■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■









■ ■



■ ■



■ ■ ■

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

■ ■ ■ ■ ■

■ ■