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South Dakota State Fishing Records

The following list of state record fish is according to the South Dakota Division of Wildlife.
 
Species Weight Location Angler Date
Bass, Largemouth 9 lbs
3 oz
Hudson Gravel Pit Richard Viereck Nov. 14, 1999
Bass, Rock 2 lbs Lewis & Clark Lake Joe A. Kippes July 14, 1990
Bass, Smallmouth 6 lbs
2 oz
Lewis & Clark Lake Loran Moore Oct. 3, 1999
Bass, White 4 lbs
6 oz
Blue Dog Lake Ron Block May 13, 1999
Buffalo, Bigmouth 51 lbs
9 oz
Lake Mitchell Reg Young Apr. 24, 1993
Buffalo, Smallmouth 30 lbs Missouri River Bill Lynch Jan. 14, 1986
Bullhead, Black 4 lbs Reid Lake Greg Rahm June 19, 2004
Bullhead, Brown 3 lbs
11 oz
Big Stone Lake Mike Piechowski June 13, 1993
Bullhead, Yellow 2 lbs
11 oz
Big Stone Lake Robert Adams May 24, 1980
Burbot 12 lbs
3 oz
Lake Sharpe Norman Sheldon April 3, 1974
Carp, Common 37 lbs Waubay Lake David Koslowski April 20, 2001
Carpsucker, River 7 lbs
15 oz
Lake Sharpe Paulette His Gun May 15, 1999
Catfish, Blue 97 lbs Missouri River Edward B. Elliott Sept. 16, 1959
Catfish, Channel 55 lbs James River Roy Groves May 18, 1949
Catfish, Flathead 63 lbs
8 oz
James River Davin Holland June 18, 2006
Chub, Creek 9.7 oz Big Sioux River Sharon Peterson April 7, 1998
Chub, Flathead 1.85 oz Keya Paha River Nick Backlund July 2, 1993
Crappie, Black 3 lbs
8 oz
SDSU pond Benjamin Wight May 27, 2004
Crappie, White 3 lbs
9 oz
Hughes Co. Farm Pond Gary Ernst April 28, 1974
Drum, Freshwater 36 lbs
8 oz
Missouri River Alvin D. Williams Sept. 25, 1971
Eel, American 5 lbs
3 oz
Missouri River Velma Weverstad June 29, 1969
Gar, Longnose 16 lbs 12 oz Missouri River Curt Larseon April 6, 1996
Gar, Shortnose 5 lbs
10 oz
Ft. Randall Tailrace Leo Hopkins Jr. April 25, 1998
Goldeye 3 lbs
13 oz
Oahe Tailrace Gary Heuer Aug. 9, 1987
Herring, Lake (Cisco) 4 lbs
3 oz
Lake Oahe Lee Delo July 28, 1999
Herring, River 1 lbs
5 oz
Missouri River E. Jansevigs Sr. Aug. 20, 1988
Mooneye 1 lbs
7 oz
Oahe Tailwaters Roe Gifford June 16, 1967
Muskellunge 40 lbs Amsden Dam Daniel B. Krueger April 16, 1991
Muskellunge, Tiger 37 lbs
7 oz
Lake Sharpe - Stilling Basin Jason Besmer May 30, 2003
Paddlefish 120 lbs 12 oz Ft. Randall Don Gregg April 19, 1979
Perch, Yellow 2 lbs
12 oz
Bitter Lake Dave Engels Feb. 28, 2004
Pike, Northern 36 lbs
3 oz
Lake Oahe Jeff Case April 3, 1993
Red Horse, Shorthead 4 lbs
10 oz
Big Stone Lake Jim Herbert Sept. 22, 2001
Salmon, Chinook 23 lbs 14 oz Lake Oahe Keith West Aug. 16, 2003
Salmon, Coho 3 lbs
5 oz
Oahe Tailwaters Barbara Poaches Feb. 18, 1974
Salmon, Kokanee 2 lbs
11 oz
Pactola Reservoir Russ Backus/ Aug. 2, 1974
Sauger 7 lbs
7 oz
Oahe Tailwaters Harvey Holzworth May 3, 1960
*Shad, Gizzard 4 lbs 6 Lake Sharpe Slim Rutschke Oct. 8, 1992
Smelt, Rainbow 4 oz Oahe Stilling Basin Roger Pederson Jan. 22, 1984
Splake 10 lbs 13 oz Deerfield Lake Dennis Larive April 22, 2005
Stonecat 5.28 oz Big Sioux River Duane Stanley May 20, 1980
**Sturgeon, Lake 40 lbs Missouri River Daniel Bouza March 13, 1990
**Sturgeon, Pallid 28 lbs
8 oz
Lake Sharpe Donald Chambers May 26, 1971
Sturgeon, Shovelnose 6 lbs
10 oz
Lake Sharpe Don McMullen May 8, 1987
Sucker, Blue 12 lbs
7 oz
Ft. Randall Larry Peters April 28, 1988
Sucker, White 5 lbs
13 oz
Pickerel Lake David Green June 30, 1982
Bluegill 3 lbs
4 oz
Stanley Co. Stock Dam Scott Sanner May 24, 1980
Sunfish, Green 1 lbs
5 oz
Minnehaha Co. Stock Pond Alex Meland May 7, 2005
Sunfish, Orange-spotted .550 oz Big Sioux River Rebecca Zirbel June 23, 1999
Sunfish, pumpkinseed 12 oz Lake Carthage Pat McCart May 28, 1970
Trout, Brook 12 lbs Deerfield Lake Dennis Larive 5/1/2010
Trout, Brown 24 lbs
8 oz
Canyon Lake Wilfred H Huether Dec. 9, 1990
Trout, Cutthroat 6 lbs
5 oz
Rapid Creek Dick Rossum Sept. 24, 1989
Trout, Lake 27 lbs 14 oz Pactola Reservoir Cory Snyder July 16, 2003
Trout, Rainbow 19 lbs
4 oz
Oahe Tailwaters Tom Moore July 4, 1980
Trout, Splake 11 lbs
14 oz
Deerfield Lake Robert Swift 5/20/2010
Trout, Tiger 7 oz Whitewood Creek Ronald Glover June 15, 1989
Walleye 16 lbs
2 oz
Ft. Randall Tailwaters Georgine Chytka Nov. 16, 2002
Whitefish 7 lbs
9 oz
Oahe Tailwaters Clinton Woody May 31, 1988

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