Areas and restrictions on the use of hoop nets, traps, setlines, and floatlines. The following restrictions apply to the use of any hoop net, trap, setline, or floatline in the areas listed:

1. (1) In the South Dakota-Nebraska boundary waters, licensed anglers may employ no more than two licensed and tagged setlines with up to ten hooks each in the catching, taking, or killing of rough fish and channel, flathead, and blue catfish from year-round, for noncommercial purposes, in limits listed in § 41:07:03:02.01. Up to six licensed and tagged hoop nets per person may be used in the taking of only rough fish. All catfish caught in hoop nets must be immediately released to the water from which they were taken;
2. (2) A person may employ no more than six licensed and tagged hoop nets or traps, no more than six licensed and tagged setlines, and no more than ten floatlines in the catching, taking, or killing of unlimited numbers of rough fish and catfish, except blue catfish, from inland waters of the Missouri River;
3. (3) A person may employ no more than six licensed and tagged hoop nets or traps, no more than six licenses and tagged setlines, and no more than ten floatlines in the catching, taking, or killing of unlimited numbers of rough fish and catfish, except blue catfish, from the western tributaries of the Missouri River; and

4. (4) A person may employ no more than six licensed and tagged hoop nets or traps, no more than six licensed and tagged setlines, and no more than ten floatlines in the catching, taking, and killing of rough fish and catfish from Angostura, Belle Fourche, and Shadehill reservoirs. An unlimited number of rough fish may be taken and statewide catfish limits apply on these waters.

   No catfish taken from the western tributaries of the Missouri River or Angostura, Belle Fourche, or Shadehill reservoirs may be sold, bartered, or traded. Use of whole baitfish as setline or floatline bait is prohibited.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 2 SDR 36, effective November 12, 1975; 3 SDR 40, effective January 1, 1977; 4 SDR 10, effective August 25, 1977; 4 SDR 31, effective November 27, 1977; 5 SDR 46, effective January 1, 1979; 6 SDR 60, effective January 1, 1980; 7 SDR 48, effective November 25, 1980; 7 SDR 128, effective July 13, 1981; 8 SDR 58, effective November 30, 1981; 8 SDR 85, effective January 18, 1982; 9 SDR 76, effective December 23, 1982; 10 SDR 62, effective December 22, 1983; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 12 SDR 92, effective December 4, 1985; 13 SDR 68, effective December 11, 1986; 16 SDR 118, effective January 18, 1990; 16 SDR 220, effective June 21, 1990; 17 SDR 78, effective December 10, 1990; 26 SDR 85, effective December 26, 1999; 29 SDR 80, effective December 10, 2002; 34 SDR 179, effective December 24, 2007; 39 SDR 100, effective December 3, 2012 ; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020 ; 48 SDR 60, effective December 8, 2021 .

General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18 (1)(2)(14)(17) , 41-12-6 , 41-12-12 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18 (1)(2)(14)(17), 41-12-5 .

Prior versions effective: 2020-04-29, 2012-12-03.