South Dakota fish limit changes

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PIERRE – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission proposed several changes to fishing regulations at its  September meeting in Yankton.

These changes or removals include:

 Remove the daily and possession limits for white bass and rock bass.

•  Eliminate the regulation allowing only one trout over 14 inches from Black Hills lakes.

• Establish a minimum length limit of 24 inches and a daily limit of one for lake trout or splake in the Black Hills Fish Management Area.

•  Remove the 15-inch minimum size restriction on walleye for all waters with a four walleye daily limit except for waters of the Missouri River system and Angostura and Shadehill reservoirs.

• Remove black bass (largemouth and smallmouth) size restrictions from all waters with the exception of Burke Lake, New Wall Lake and Lake Yankton.

• Add a 28-inch minimum length and a daily limit of one walleye on Horseshoe Lake in Day County.

•  Modify the Lake Francis Case paddlefish season by allowing license holders to take a paddlefish with snagging gear or bow and arrow.

The GFP Commission will finalize these fishing proposals in October. The public hearing will be held Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. MDT at Cadillac Jacks in Deadwood. Individuals can also provide written comments on proposals by sending them to 523 E. Capitol Ave., Pierre, SD 57501, or online at https://gfp.sd.gov/forms/positions/. To be included in the public record and to be considered by the Commission, comments must include a full name and city of residence and meet the submission deadline of 72 hours before the public hearing.