<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:09:04:04"><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0-000000">41:09:04:04</span></a><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0-000001">.  Seines, nets, and traps limited.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0"> Licensed resident wholesale and retail bait dealers may possess and use regular or bag seines </span><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">not longer than fifty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0"> feet </span><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">nor deeper than</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0"> six feet.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">All traps </span><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0"> have a rigid entrance no larger than one inch wide</span><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">    T</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">rap throats exposed above the surface of the water </span><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0"> be blocked by a solid shield or mesh to prevent the entrapment of waterfowl. No seine, net, or trap</span><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0"> used for the commercial taking of bait</span><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0"> may contain flexible mesh larger than three-eighths inch square.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">    The department may issue a permit for the use of a seine, net, or trap</span><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0"> larger than specified</span><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0"> if the device is used to stock public waters with white suckers for rearing and harvest.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">    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.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">    </span><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0"> 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</span><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">; 48 SDR 60, effective December 8, 2021; 50 SDR 62, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">    </span><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">(1)(14)(21).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">    </span><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">(1)(14), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-44"><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0-000003">41-6-44</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-45"><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0-000003">41-6-45</span></a><span class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2457ecc5-fb52-40c4-b7a8-6d202fb920b9000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>