South Dakota Fishing Records

Fish - Weight - Place - Name of Record Holder - Date

American Eel 5 lbs 3 oz Missouri River Velma Weverstad 6/29/1969

Bigmouth Buffalo 51 lbs 9 oz Mitchell Lake Reg Young 4/24/1993

Black Bullhead 4 lbs 0 oz Reid Lake Greg Rahm 6/19/2004

Black Crappie 3 lbs 8 oz SDSU pond Benjamin Wight 5/27/2004

Blue Catfish 97 lbs 0 oz Missouri River Edward B. Elliott 9/16/1959

Blue Sucker 12 lbs 7 oz Ft. Randall Tailrace Larry Peters 4/28/1988

Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs 4 oz Stock Dam Scott Sanner 5/24/1980

Brook Trout 11 lbs 3 oz Deerfield Lake Ryan Rempfer 1/1/2007

Brown Bullhead 3 lbs 11 oz Big Stone Lake Mike Piechowski 6/13/1993

Brown Trout 24 lbs 8 oz Canyon Lake Wilfred H. Huether 12/9/1990

Burbot 12 lbs 3 oz Lake Sharpe Norman Sheldon 4/3/1974

Channel Catfish 55 lbs 0 oz James River Roy Groves 5/18/1949

Chinook (King) Salmon 23 lbs 14 oz Lake Oahe Keith West 8/16/2003

Cisco 4 lbs 3 oz Lake Oahe Lee Delo 7/28/1999

Coho Salmon 3 lbs 5 oz Missouri River - Oahe Tailwaters Barbara Poaches 2/18/1974

Common Carp 37 lbs 0 oz Waubay Lake David Koslowski 4/20/2001

Creek Chub 0 lbs 9.7 oz Big Sioux River Sharon Peterson 4/7/1998

Cutthroat Trout 6 lbs 5 oz Rapid Creek Dick Rossum 9/24/1989

Flathead Catfish 60 lbs 8 oz James River Roger Adam 6/2/2004

Flathead Chub 0 lbs 1.85 oz Keya Paha River Nick Backlund 7/2/1993

Freshwater Drum 36 lbs 8 oz Missouri River Alvin D. Williams 9/25/1971

Gizzard Shad 4 lbs 6 oz Lake Sharpe Slim Rutschke 10/8/1992

Golden Shiner 0 lbs 4 oz private pond Vicki Raths 5/27/1985

Goldeye 3 lbs 13 oz Missouri River - Lake Oahe Tailrace Gary Heuer 8/9/1987

Green Sunfish 1 lbs 5 oz Minnehaha Co. Stock Pond Alex Meland 5/7/2005

Kokanee Salmon 2 lbs 11 oz Pactola Reservoir Russ Backus 8/2/1974

Lake Sturgeon 40 lbs 0 oz Missouri River Daniel Bouza 3/13/1990

Lake Trout 27 lbs 14 oz Pactola Reservoir Cory Snyder 7/16/2003

Largemouth Bass 9 lbs 3 oz gravel pit Richard Viereck 11/14/1999

Longnose Gar 16 lbs 12 oz Missouri River Curt Larseon 4/6/1996

Mooneye 1 lbs 7 oz Missouri River - Lake Oahe Tailwaters Roe Gifford 6/16/1967

Muskellunge 40 lbs 0 oz Amsden Dam Daniel B. Krueger 4/16/1991

Northern Pike 36 lbs 3 oz Lake Oahe Jeff Case 4/3/1993

OrangeSpotted Sunfish 0 lbs 0.55 oz Big Sioux River Rebecca Zirbel 6/23/1999

Paddlefish 120 lbs 12 oz Missouri River - Ft. Randall Dam Tailwaters Don Gregg 4/19/1979

Pallid Sturgeon 28 lbs 8 oz Lake Sharpe Donald Chambers 5/26/1971

Pumpkinseed Sunfish 0 lbs 12 oz Lake Carthage Pat McCart 5/28/1970

Rainbow Smelt 0 lbs 4 oz Lake Oahe - Oahe Stilling basin Roger Pederson 1/22/1984

Rainbow Trout 19 lbs 4 oz Missouri River - Oahe Tailwaters Rom Moore 7/4/1980

Red Shiner 0 lbs 0.045 oz Big Sioux River W. Alan Wentz 7/17/1976

River Carpsucker 7 lbs 15 oz Lake Sharpe Paulette H. Gun 5/15/1999

River Herring 1 lbs 5 oz Missouri River E. Jansevigs Sr. 8/20/1988

Rock Bass 2 lbs 0 oz Lewis & Clark Lake Joe A. Kippes 7/14/1990

Sand Shiner 0 lbs 0.124 oz Big Sioux River W. Alan Wentz 7/17/1976

Sauger 7 lbs 7 oz Missouri River - Oahe Tailwaters Harvey Holzworth 5/3/1960

Shiner 0 lbs 1 oz Little Minnesota River Mike Stapleton 5/31/1980

Shorthead Redhorse 3 lbs 11 oz Missouri River - Oahe Tailwaters Phil Laumeyer 5/22/1997

Shortnose Gar 5 lbs 10 oz Ft. Randall Tailrace Leo Hopkins Jr. 4/25/1998

Shovelnose Sturgeon 6 lbs 10 oz Lake Sharpe Don McMullen 5/8/1987

Smallmouth Bass 6 lbs 2 oz Lewis & Clark Lake Loran Moore 10/3/1999

Smallmouth Buffalo 30 lbs 0 oz Missouri River Bill Lynch 1/14/1986

Splake 10 lbs 13 oz Deerfield Lake Dennis Larive 4/22/2005

Stone Catfish 0 lbs 5.28 oz Big Sioux River Duane Stanley 5/20/1980

Tiger Muskellunge 37 lbs 7 oz Lake Sharpe-Stilling Basin Jason Besmer 5/30/2003

Tiger Trout 0 lbs 7 oz Whitewood Creek Ronald Glover 6/15/1989

Walleye 15 lbs 3 oz Lake Sharpe George Heyde 4/7/1979

White Bass 4 lbs 6 oz Blue Dog Lake Ron Block 5/13/1999

White Crappie 3 lbs 9 oz private pond Gary Ernst 4/28/1974

White Sucker 5 lbs 13 oz Pickerel Lake David Green 6/30/1982

Whitefish 7 lbs 9 oz Missouri River - Oahe Tailwaters Clinton Woody 5/31/1988

Yellow Bullhead 2 lbs 11 oz Big Stone Lake Robert Adams 5/24/1980

Yellow Perch 2 lbs 12 oz Bitter Lake Dave Engels 2/28/2004