South Dakota Fishing Records

Below is a list of the State fishing records for South Dakota.

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Species	Angler	Weight	Date	Body Of Water
American Eel	Velma Weverstad	5 lbs 3 ozs	1969	Missouri River
Bigmouth Buffalo	Reg Young	51 lbs 9 ozs	1993	Mitchell Lake
Black Bullhead	Greg Rahm	4 lbs 0 ozs	2004	Reid Lake
Black Crappie	Benjamin Wight	3 lbs 8 ozs	2004	SDSU pond
Blue Catfish	Edward B. Elliott	97 lbs 0 ozs	1959	Missouri River
Blue Sucker	Larry Peters	12 lbs 7 ozs	1988	Ft. Randall Tailrace
Bluegill	Scott Sanner	3 lbs 4 ozs	1980	Stock Dam
Brook Trout (outlying)	Ryan Rempfer	11 lbs 3 ozs	2007	Deerfield Lake
Brown Bullhead	Mike Piechowski	3 lbs 11 ozs	1993	Big Stone Lake
Brown Trout	Wilfred H. Huether	24 lbs 8 ozs	1990	Canyon Lake
Burbot	Norman Sheldon	12 lbs 3 ozs	1974	Lake Sharpe
Carp	David Koslowski	37 lbs 0 ozs	2001	Waubay Lake
Channel Catfish	Roy Groves	55 lbs 0 ozs	1949	James River
Chinook Salmon	Keith West	23 lbs 14 ozs	2003	Lake Oahe
Cisco (lake Herring)	Lee Delo	4 lbs 3 ozs	1999	Lake Oahe
Coho Salmon	Barbara Poaches	3 lbs 5 ozs	1974	Missouri River - Oahe Tailwaters
Creek Chub	Sharon Peterson	0 lbs 9 ozs	1998	Big Sioux River
Cutthroat Trout	Dick Rossum	6 lbs 5 ozs	1989	Rapid Creek
Flathead Caftish	Davin Holland	63 lbs 8 ozs	2006	James River
Flathead Chub	Nick Backlund	0 lbs 1 ozs	1993	Keya Paha River
Freshwater Drum	Alvin D. Williams	36 lbs 8 ozs	1971	Missouri River
Gizzard Shad	Brad Dietz	4 lbs 12 ozs	2006	Lake Oahe
Golden Shiner	Vicki Raths	0 lbs 4 ozs	1985	Private Pond
Goldeye	Gary Heuer	3 lbs 13 ozs	1987	Missouri River - Lake Oahe Tailrace
Green Sunfish	Alex Meland	1 lbs 5 ozs	2005	Minnehaha Co. Stock Pond
Kokanee (sockeye Salmon)	Russ Backus	2 lbs 11 ozs	1974	Pactola Reservoir
Lake Sturgeon	Daniel Bouza	40 lbs 0 ozs	1990	Missouri River
Lake Trout	Cory Snyder	23 lbs 10 ozs	2003	Pactola Reservoir
Largemouth Bass	Richard Viereck	9 lbs 3 ozs	1999	Gravel Pit
Longnose Gar	Curt Larseon	16 lbs 12 ozs	1996	Missouri River
Mooneye	Roe Gifford	1 lbs 7 ozs	1967	Missouri River - Lake Oahe Tailwaters
Muskellunge (Muskie)	Daniel B. Krueger	40 lbs 0 ozs	1991	Amsden Lake
Northern Pike	Jeff Case	36 lbs 3 ozs	1993	Lake Oahe
Orangespotted Sunfish	Rebecca Zirbel	0 lbs 0 ozs	1999	Big Sioux River
Paddlefish	Don Gregg	120 lbs 12 ozs	1979	Missouri River - Ft. Randall Dam Tailwaters
Pallid Sturgeon	Donald Chambers	28 lbs 8 ozs	1971	Lake Sharpe
Pumpkinseed	Pat McCart	0 lbs 12 ozs	1970	Lake Carthage
Rainbow Smelt	Roger Pederson	0 lbs 4 ozs	1984	Lake Oahe - Oahe Stilling basin
Rainbow Trout	Rom Moore	19 lbs 4 ozs	1980	Missouri River - Oahe Tailwaters
Red Shiner	W. Alan Wentz	0 lbs 0 ozs	1976	Big Sioux River
River Carpsucker	Paulette H. Gun	7 lbs 15 ozs	1999	Lake Sharpe
River Herring	E. Jansevigs Sr.	1 lbs 5 ozs	1988	Missouri River
Rock Bass	Joe A. Kippes	2 lbs 0 ozs	1990	Lewis & Clark Lake
Sand Shiner	W. Alan Wentz	0 lbs 0 ozs	1976	Big Sioux River
Sauger	Harvey Holzworth	7 lbs 7 ozs	1960	Missouri River - Oahe Tailwaters
Shorthead Redhorse	Phil Laumeyer	3 lbs 11 ozs	1997	Missouri River - Oahe Tailwaters
Shortnose Gar	Leo Hopkins Jr.	5 lbs 10 ozs	1998	Ft. Randall Tailrace
Shovelnose Sturgeon	Don McMullen	6 lbs 10 ozs	1987	Lake Sharpe
Smallmouth Bass	Loran Moore	6 lbs 2 ozs	1999	Lewis & Clark Lake
Smallmouth Buffalo	Bill Lynch	30 lbs 0 ozs	1986	Missouri River
Splake	Dennis Larive	10 lbs 13 ozs	2005	Deerfield Lake
Stonecat	Duane Stanley	0 lbs 5 ozs	1980	Big Sioux River
Tiger Muskellunge (Tiger Muskie)	Jason Besmer	37 lbs 7 ozs	2003	Lake Sharpe-Stilling Basin
Tiger Trout	Ronald Glover	0 lbs 7 ozs	1989	Whitewood Creek
Walleye	George Heyde	15 lbs 3 ozs	1979	Lake Sharpe
White Bass	Coy Nelson	4 lbs 10 ozs	2006	Blue Dog Lake
White Crappie	Gary Ernst	3 lbs 9 ozs	1974	Private Pond
White Sucker	David Green	5 lbs 13 ozs	1982	Pickerel Lake
Whitefish	Clinton Woody	7 lbs 9 ozs	1988	Missouri River - Oahe Tailwaters
Yellow Bullhead	Joseph M. Herrig	3 lbs 3 ozs	2006	West 81 Lake
Yellow Perch	Dave Engels	2 lbs 12 ozs	2004	Bitter Lake

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