Licensed resident wholesale and retail bait dealers may possess and use regular or bag seines not longer than fifty feet nor deeper than six feet.

All traps must have a rigid entrance no larger than one inch wide.

Trap throats exposed above the surface of the water must be blocked by a solid shield or mesh to prevent the entrapment of waterfowl. No seine, net, or trap, used for the commercial taking of bait, may contain flexible mesh larger than three-eighths inch square.

The department may issue a permit for the use of a seine, net, or trap, larger than specified, if the device is used to stock public waters with white suckers for rearing and harvest.

There are no mesh-size or size restrictions for traps, seines, dip nets, lift nets, or cast nets used to take bait for noncommercial use.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 156, effective May 27, 1985; 15 SDR 103, effective January 19, 1989; 35 SDR 253, effective May 13, 2009; 36 SDR 112, effective January 11, 2010; 39 SDR 100, effective December 3, 2012 ; 48 SDR 60, effective December 8, 2021; 50 SDR 62, effective November 27, 2023 .

General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18 (1)(14)(21).

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18 (1)(14), 41-6-44 , 41-6-45 .

Prior versions effective: 2021-12-08, 2012-12-03.