SOUTH DAKOTA RECORD FISH LIST -- HOOK AND LINE
records)
| Species | Weight | Location | Date | Angler |
| Bass, Largemouth | 9-03 | Hudson Gravel Pit | Nov. 14, 1999 | Richard Viereck |
| Bass, Rock | 2-0 | Lewis & Clark Lake | July 14, 1990 | Joe A. Kippes |
| Bass, Smallmouth | 6-02 | Lewis & Clark Lake | Oct. 3, 1999 | Loran Moore |
| Bass, White | 4-6 | Blue Dog Lake | May 13, 1999 | Ron Block |
| Bluegill | 3-4 | Stanley Co. Stock Dam | May 24, 1980 | Scott Sanner |
| Buffalo, Bigmouth | 51-9 | Lake Mitchell | Apr. 24, 1993 | Reg Young |
| Buffalo, Smallmouth | 30-0 | Missouri River | Jan. 14, 1986 | Bill Lynch |
| Bullhead, Black | 3-8 | Lake Hendricks | June 24, 1981 | Harold Stegner |
| Bullhead, Brown | 3-11 | Big Stone Lake | June 13, 1993 | Mike Piechowski |
| Bullhead, Yellow | 2-11 | Big Stone Lake | May 24, 1980 | Robert Adams |
| Burbot | 12-3 | Lake Sharpe | April 3, 1974 | Norman Sheldon |
| Carp | 34-2 | Lake Traverse | May 23, 1996 | Tim Ellestad |
| Carpsucker, River | 7-15 | Lake Sharpe | May 15, 1999 | Paulette His Gun |
| Catfish, Blue | 97-0 | Missouri River | Sept. 16, 1959 | Edward B. Elliott |
| Catfish, Channel | 55-0 | James River | May 18, 1949 | Roy Groves |
| Catfish, Flathead | 56-8 | Missouri River-Yankton | Sept. 28, 1998 | Kevin Schmidt |
| Chub, Creek | 0-9.7 | Big Sioux River | April 7, 1998 | Sharon Peterson |
| Chub, Flathead | 0-1.85 | Keya Paha River | July 2, 1993 | Nick Backlund |
| Crappie, Black | 3-4 | South Buffalo Lake | May 26, 1976 | Stephen Sona |
| Crappie, White | 3-9 | Hughes Co. Farm Pond | April 28, 1974 | Gary Ernst |
| Drum, Freshwater | 36-8 | Missouri River | Sept. 25, 1971 | Alvin D. Williams |
| Eel, American | 5-3 | Missouri River | June 29, 1969 | Velma Weverstad |
| Gar, Longnose | 16-12 | Missouri River | April 6, 1996 | Curt Larseon |
| Gar, Shortnose | 5-10 | Ft. Randall Tailrace | April 25, 1998 | Leo Hopkins Jr. |
| Goldeye | 3-13 | Oahe Tailrace | Aug. 9, 1987 | Gary Heuer |
| Herring, Lake (Cisco) | 4-3 | Lake Oahe | July 28, 1999 | Lee Delo |
| Herring, River | 1-5 | Missouri River | Aug. 20, 1988 | E. Jansevigs Sr. |
| Mooneye | 1-7 | Oahe Tailwaters | June 16, 1967 | Roe Gifford |
| Muskellunge | 40-0 | Amsden Dam | April 16, 1991 | Daniel B. Krueger |
| Muskellunge, Tiger | 33-0 | Lake Francis Case | May 30, 1992 | Kelly Whalen |
| Paddlefish | 120-12 | Ft. Randall | April 19, 1979 | Don Gregg |
| Perch, Yellow | 2-9 2-9 | Lake Preston Lake Preston | Feb. 24, 1996 Mar. 30, 1996 | Matt Surrell Mike Maschino |
| Pike, Northern | 36-3 | Lake Oahe | April 3, 1993 | Jeff Case |
| Red Horse, Shorthead | 3-11 | Oahe Tailwaters | May 22, 1977 | Phil Laumeyer |
| Salmon, Chinook | 20-4 | Oahe Tailwaters | June 11, 1992 | Scott Pretzer |
| Salmon, Coho | 3-5 | Oahe Tailwaters | Feb. 18, 1974 | Barbara Poaches |
| Salmon, Kokanee | 2-11 | Pactola Reservoir | Aug. 2, 1974 | Russ Backus/ |
| Sauger | 7-7 | Oahe Tailwaters | May 3, 1960 | Harvey Holzworth |
| *Shad, Gizzard | 4-6 | Lake Sharpe | Oct. 8, 1992 | Slim Rutschke |
| *Shiner, Common | 0-1 | Little Minn. River | May 31, 1980 | Mike Stapleton |
| Shiner, Golden | 0-4 | Private Stock Dam | May 27, 1985 | Vicki Raths |
| *Shiner, Red | 0-0.0448 | Big Sioux River | July 17, 1976 | W. Alan Wentz |
| *Shiner, Sand | 0-0.1244 | Big Sioux River | July 17, 1976 | W. Alan Wentz |
| Smelt, Rainbow | 0-4 | Oahe Stilling Basin | Jan. 22, 1984 | Roger Pederson |
| Splake | 10-8 | Deerfield Lake | July 1, 1994 | Lloyd Reichert |
| Stonecat | 0-5.28 | Big Sioux River | May 20, 1980 | Duane Stanley |
| **Sturgeon, Lake | 40-0 | Missouri River | March 13, 1990 | Daniel Bouza |
| **Sturgeon, Pallid | 28-8 | Lake Sharpe | May 26, 1971 | Donald Chambers |
| Sturgeon, Shovelnose | 6-10 | Lake Sharpe | May 8, 1987 | Don McMullen |
| Sucker, Blue | 12-7 | Ft. Randall | April 28, 1988 | Larry Peters |
| Sucker, White | 5-13 | Pickerel Lake | June 30, 1982 | David Green |
| Sunfish, Green | 1-3 | Hayes Lake | June 7, 1975 | Fred Rosin |
| Sunfish, Orange-spotted | 0-.550 | Big Sioux River | June 23, 1999 | Rebecca Zirbel |
| Sunfish, pumpkinseed | 0-12 | Lake Carthage | May 28, 1970 | Pat McCart |
| Trout, Brook | 8-4 | Deerfield Reservoir | April 4, 1995 | Mike Loeffen |
| Trout, Brown | 24-8 | Canyon Lake | Dec. 9, 1990 | Wilfred H. Huether |
| Trout, Cutthroat | 6-5 | Rapid Creek | Sept. 24, 1989 | Dick Rossum |
| Trout, Lake | 20-10 | Pactola Reservoir | April 23, 1998 | Keith VanBuren |
| Trout, Rainbow | 19-4 | Oahe Tailwaters | July 4, 1980 | Tom Moore |
| Trout, Tiger | 0-7 | Whitewood Creek | June 15, 1989 | Ronald Glover |
| Walleye | 15-3 | Lake Sharpe | April 7, 1979 | George Heyde |
| Whitefish | 7-9 | Oahe Tailwaters | May 31, 1988 | Clinton Woody |
*Also hold world record.
**Endangered Species, no longer eligible to be taken.
