Title 41 — GAME, FISH, PARKS AND FORESTRY

41-12-2 Fishing in private water used for propagation as misdemeanor except by consent. 41-12-3 Labeling and access to fishing houses erected on ice--Neglect as misdemeanor--Exception for portable shelters. 41-12-4

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41-12-12 Fishing devices prohibited--Landing nets and gaffs permitted--Violation as misdemeanor. 41-12-13 Use of explosives, electrical devices, and drugs as misdemeanor. 41-12-14 Departmental agents exempt when managing fishery resources. 41-12-15 Law of adjoining state to be ob…

No spear, spear gun, bow and arrow, crossbow, snaghook, setline, hoop net, trap, artificial light, or other device except hook and line may be used for fishing except as expressly provided by rules promulgated by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission pursuant to chapter 1-26 . Howe…

It is a Class 1 misdemeanor to kill, take, or attempt to kill, or take in any waters for any purpose, any fish by the use of any explosive, electrical device, poisonous, deleterious, or stupefying substance, unless written authorization to do so is obtained from the Department of…

Appointees and employees of the Department of Game, Fish and Parks are exempted from the provisions of this chapter and chapter 41-13 when carrying out assigned duties and responsibilities of managing the fisheries resources in the public waters of the state. Source: SDC 1939, § …

The taking of any fish with or the placing, maintaining, or using of a net or seine in any river, lake, or waters forming the boundary line between this and any other state of the United States, at any time or in any manner prohibited by the laws of any such adjoining state, is a…

Notwithstanding § 41-12-15 , any person having a resident fishing license may take suckers, red horse, buffalo, carp, eel, eelpout, and catfish (except bullheads) from the waters of the Missouri River as prescribed by the provisions of §§ 41-12-5 to 41-12-8 , inclusive, and §

Notwithstanding § 41-12-15 , the Game, Fish and Parks Commission may, in its discretion, at such time as it may deem proper, permit the seining of scavenger or nonprotected fish from the rivers, lakes, or waters described in §

41-12-19 Agreements with adjoining states for reciprocal recognition of licenses and enforcement. 41-12-20

The Department of Game, Fish and Parks may enter into agreements with the appropriate agencies of bordering states for the purpose of providing for reciprocal recognition of licenses and permits and reciprocal enforcement of regulations pertaining to hunting, fishing, boating, an…

It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to catch, kill, or take any fish in any manner from any private water used for the propagation of fish except by the consent of the proprietor of the private water. Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0613 as enacted by SL 1961, ch 120 , § 2; SL 1977…

41-12-21 Limit of fish taken by fishing party--Exception. 41-12-1. Repealed by SL 1991, ch 337 , § 77

Any of two or more persons who mutually agree to fish by angling from a single watercraft as a party or who mutually agree to fish by angling from shore or on ice as a party and who maintain visual and unaided vocal contact may take more than one daily limit of fish. However, the…

It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to set, place, erect, or cause to be set, placed, or erected, or to use any fishing house, fishing shanty, or other structure or shelter at any time upon the ice of any of the public waters of the state unless the name and address of the…

41-12-5 Fishing restricted to hook and line except as provided--Violation as misdemeanor. 41-12-6 Fishing with excessive number of lines as misdemeanor. 41-12-7 Fishing lines to be attended--Violation as misdemeanor. 41-12-7.1

Except as otherwise provided by law, only hook and line may be used in the taking of any fish in any waters which have been opened to fishing by Game, Fish and Parks Commission rule. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0602 as enacted by S…

It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to fish with more than the maximum number of hooks or lines that may be established in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission. Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0602 (1) as enacted by SL 1961, ch 120 , § 2…

Each line used for fishing shall be attended to the extent that it is under the direct supervision of and within the unaided observation of the legal user at all times. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0602 as enacted by SL 1961, ch 120…

41-12-8 Prohibited bait--Violation as misdemeanor. 41-12-9 Nets, seines, and similar devices, weirs, dams, and artificial obstructions prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor--Permits for use of devices by private landowners. 41-12-9.1 Repealed. 41-12-10

No person may use carp, goldfish, or game fish, except bullhead, lake herring, sunfish of the genus Lepomis, and cleanings of game fish, as bait in hook and line fishing. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0602 as enacted by SL 1961, ch 1…

It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to possess or control, or to place, keep, or maintain in any of the public waters of this state any trammel or gill net, seine, or other similar device for capturing fish. It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to take in any of the …

Source: SL 1982, ch 289 , § 6; SL 1984, ch 273 , § 86; SL 2023, ch 148 , § 1. 41-12-10. Repealed by SL 1984, ch 273 , § 87 41-12-11. Repealed by SL 1985, ch 324 , § 6