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Fishing South Dakota

EZFishing brings you South Dakota's most comprehensive list of fishing locations, providing interactive maps that show each location's GPS coordinates, nearby facilities (like restaurants, gas stations, marinas and fishing shops), their current and forecasted weather and, if available, their water conditions.

Registered users can rate fishing locations, post their personal/public notes and also tag them with information about fish species generally caught there as well as the most common and effective fishing techniques.

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Find any of the 2140 locations currently available in EZFishing database, to check fishing reports, maps, directions, weather and water conditions.

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South Dakota Fishing Resources

Fishing regulations and licensing, guides/outfitter services and local fishing clubs in South Dakota.

South Dakota Fishing Regulations

Are you familiar with the fishing regulation in South Dakota?
It is never a bad idea to check it again before your next outing.


South Dakota Fishing License

Purchasing a fishing license you are helping to preserve the environment and also ensure that future generations can enjoy fishing as you are. Among other things, your fishing license fees support fisheries and hatcheries management, education programs about fishing and conservation, protection of endangered species.

Here it is where you can get your fishing license.


Links to South Dakota Government Agencies

Here are a few websites of South Dakota's agencies involved in regulation and conservation.

South Dakota Fishing News

Check out what is the latest fishing buzz in South Dakota.

  • Senate passes bill making bison S.D.'s mascot
  • PIERRE -The South Dakota Senate decided to pass what's becoming ... to designate the walleye as the state fish. He grew up at Mobridge, where, he said, “Fishing is king.” There were murmurs throughout the Senate floor that the walleye ...
  • Aberdeen News
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  • 2/7/2012 12:39:26 AM
  • Urban fishery lures regulars
  • That equates to an estimated 27,000 fishing trips, according to survey information from Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation Department and South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks. Through surveys done with numerous users of the park, officials estimate ...
  • Argus Leader
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  • 2/6/2012 11:49:20 PM
  • South Dakota House passes bill allowing shooting of muskrats
  • The bill would require the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission to pass rules to specify hunting seasons, areas open to hunting and other rules for the shooting of muskrats. The measure says muskrats could be hunted with rimfire rifles of
  • Rapid City Journal
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  • 2/6/2012 5:29:56 PM
  • SD Senate gives green light to state mascot bill
  • South Dakota State University. Senators laughed especially loudly after Sen. Todd Schlekeway, R-Sioux Falls, said if re-elected, he would introduce a bill next year designating the walleye as the state fish, only to learn it has had that ...
  • Yankton Daily Press
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  • 2/6/2012 5:08:28 PM
  • SD House passes bill allowing shooting of muskrats
  • The bill would require the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission to pass rules to specify hunting seasons, areas open to hunting and other rules for the shooting of muskrats. The measure says muskrats could be hunted with rimfire rifles of
  • Yankton Daily Press
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  • 2/6/2012 4:11:12 PM
  • South Dakota inmate has died in custody
  • SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The Department of Corrections says a prison inmate has died. Twenty-six-year-old Miller Crazy Mule died at the South Dakota State Penitentiary Monday morning. Crazy Mule was serving a sentence of 77 years for first-degree ...
  • Mitchellrepublic.com
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  • 2/6/2012 3:42:34 PM
  • Unpaid child support on the rise in South Dakota
  • SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The amount of unpaid child support owed by parents with children in South Dakota has jumped almost $20 million the past two years, to more than $138 million. SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The amount of unpaid child support owed by ...
  • Mitchellrepublic.com
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  • 2/6/2012 10:27:36 AM
  • GOOD, BAD & UGLY: Good weather helps Stock Show
  • A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the conviction of the poachers. The South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Department has a Turn In Poachers hotline, 888-683-7224, that people can call anonymously and provide information.
  • Rapid City Journal
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  • 2/6/2012 6:24:13 AM
  • South Dakota task force eyes road to teen safety
  • FORT PIERRE (AP) — One of the first goals of the South Dakota Task Force on Teen Driving Safety will be to bring the problem of teen-related accidents to light. But members hope that won't be the final goal. Sen. Craig Tieszen, R-Rapid City ...
  • Mitchellrepublic.com
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  • 2/5/2012 10:46:05 PM
  • Former defendants in theft case sue for slander
  • RAPID CITY — The former owners of the defunct Fish Garbage Service are suing Pennington County State’s Attorney Glenn Brenner for slander because he said they’d committed crimes that he acknowledged he couldn’t prove in court.
  • Argus Leader
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  • 2/5/2012 8:08:36 PM
  • Small acreage workshop set in Rapid City
  • Collaborators for this program include the Belle Fourche River Watershed Partnership, Natural Resources Conservation Service, South Dakota Game Fish & Parks, Cheyenne River/Eagle Butte Reservation, and county weed and pest boards. The program offers ...
  • Rapid City Journal
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  • 2/5/2012 4:45:11 AM
  • Keith 'Vern' Schraeder
  • South Dakota. He attended Faulkton High School, graduating in 1992. Throughout school, he was involved in football and wrestling. Keith enjoyed being outdoors whether it was hunting, fishing, motorcycling or working on the farm. He was an avid ...
  • Aberdeen News
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  • 2/4/2012 1:04:28 AM
  • Game agency reports 100 dead pigeons in SD town
  • The South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Department is investigating about 100 suspicious deaths in downtown Rapid City _ and the victims are all pigeons. John Kanta, regional wildlife manager for the department, tells the Associated Press that ...
  • Yankton Daily Press
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  • 2/3/2012 4:14:45 PM
  • Bison on way to becoming official South Dakota mascot
  • PIERRE (AP) — South Dakota has a state bread, state soil, state sport and even state grass. Soon, it could also have a state mascot in the bison. PIERRE (AP) — South Dakota has a state bread, state soil, state sport and even state grass.
  • Mitchellrepublic.com
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  • 2/3/2012 12:54:19 PM
  • South Dakota dairy opponents score court victory
  • A judge has ordered Hanson County officials to either cancel building permits issued to the developer of a controversial dairy or appear in court to explain why the permits have been extended. Opponents of the proposed 7,000-head dairy asked for ...
  • Mitchellrepublic.com
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  • 2/3/2012 10:09:41 AM
  • Outdoors Calandar - Feb. 4 - Feb. 12
  • Lake Thompson: Second annual Kingsbury County Ducks Unlimited Lake Thompson Ice Fishing Derby will begin at 1 p.m ... Details: aberdeendriftbusters.com. Northeast South Dakota: Snowmobilers Helping Snowmobilers Poker Run, $5 per hand,all ...
  • Aberdeen News
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  • 2/3/2012 7:17:53 AM
  • Officials investigate wolf killing in western SD
  • Federal wildlife officials are investigating the killing of a wolf near Custer, in western South Dakota's Black Hills. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service special agent Brad Merrill tells the Rapid City Journal ( http://bit.ly/wqyD8v) that samples ...
  • Yankton Daily Press
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  • 2/3/2012 6:13:28 AM
  • Conservative caucus forms at South Dakota Capitol
  • PIERRE — A third legislative caucus is now holding daily meetings in the state Capitol. A conservative caucus is huddling daily, just as the Republican and Democratic caucuses do, according to state Rep. Stace Nelson, RFulton. It has been ...
  • Mitchellrepublic.com
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  • 2/3/2012 5:23:21 AM
  • Muskrat hunting season sought
  • The vote was 10-0. Some legislators are fed up with the damage caused by the large rodents burrowing into roadbeds in the wetter parts of South Dakota. They want the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission to develop rules allowing the general ...
  • Aberdeen News
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  • 2/3/2012 3:00:11 AM
  • Outdoors: South Dakota pheansants warm up to winter weather
  • “However, South Dakota is still the premier destination for great pheasant hunting opportunities.” “Knock on wood, winter survival for pheasants should be very good this year,” said Chad Switzer, Game, Fish and Parks wildlife program ...
  • Aberdeen News
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  • 2/3/2012 12:58:30 AM
  • Bonnie (Ketter) Walter
  • Pallbearers are Jason Klausen, Jeramy Klausen, Joshua Klausen, Tim Ferry, Joshua Wipf and Joseph Wipf Jr. Bonnie was born February 26, 1963 in Yankton, South Dakota to Joseph ... Bonnie loved to fish and play bingo. She really enjoyed collecting ...
  • Yankton Daily Press
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  • 2/2/2012 11:03:58 PM
  • SD lawmakers reject prairie dog lawsuit bill
  • A South Dakota House committee killed a measure Wednesday that ... but half his 2,000-acre ranch was covered by the animals by 2005. State Game, Fish and Parks Secretary Jeff Vonk said his agency and the state Agriculture Department sought ...
  • Yankton Daily Press
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  • 2/1/2012 2:08:17 PM

South Dakota Guides/Outfitters

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South Dakota Fishing Clubs

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South Dakota Weather

Heppner, SD (57747)

Updated on 04:56 AM

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Wind:50° 8 Kt
Humidity:74% 
Dew Point:12°F
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