41:09:04:04Seines, nets, and traps limited.
Section · Administrative Rules of South Dakota · View on sdlegislature.gov ↗
Licensed resident wholesale and retail bait dealers may possess and use regular or bag seines not longer than fifty feet nor deeper than six feet. All traps must have a rigid entrance no larger than one inch wide. Trap throats exposed above the surface of the water must be blocked by a solid shield or mesh to prevent the entrapment of waterfowl. No seine, net, or trap, used for the commercial taking of bait, may contain flexible mesh larger than three-eighths inch square. The department may issue a permit for the use of a seine, net, or trap, larger than specified, if the device is used to stock public waters with white suckers for rearing and harvest. There are no mesh-size or size restrictions for traps, seines, dip nets, lift nets, or cast nets used to take bait for noncommercial use.
Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 156, effective May 27, 1985; 15 SDR 103, effective January 19, 1989; 35 SDR 253, effective May 13, 2009; 36 SDR 112, effective January 11, 2010; 39 SDR 100, effective December 3, 2012; 48 SDR 60, effective December 8, 2021; 50 SDR 62, effective November 27, 2023.