Maximum number of hooks allowed on setlines and floatlines -- Mechanical devices prohibited. No more than twenty hooks may be attached to any setline. No more than one hook may be attached to any floatline. A person may not use a setline or floatline that operates by a reel or any mechanical device.

1. (1) One setline: or
2. (2) No more than ten floatlines.

A person possessing a setline license may, at any one time, fish with:

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 2 SDR 36, effective November 12, 1975; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 16 SDR 220, effective June 21, 1990; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020 ; 48 SDR 60, effective December 8, 2021; 50 SDR 62, effective November 27, 2023 .

General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18 (2)(14), 41-12-12 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18 (2)(14) , 41-12-5 .

Prior versions effective: 2021-12-08, 2020-04-29, 1990-06-21.