No person may use carp, goldfish, or game fish, except bullhead, lake herring, sunfish of the genus Lepomis, and cleanings of game fish, as bait in hook and line fishing. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0602 as enacted by SL 1961, ch 120 , § 2; SL 1984, ch 273 , § 85; SL 2015, ch 212 , § 1; SL 2019, ch 190 , § 1.