Showing posts with label south dakota trout fishing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label south dakota trout fishing. Show all posts

Monday, January 03, 2011

Ice Fishing Tournaments in South Dakota

South Dakota has several ice fishing tournaments throughout January that local anglers may be interested in.  They also have several other fishing tournaments scheduled through 2011.

Included in the tournament schedule is the 9th Annual Kids Fishing Tournament on January 15, 2011.

For a complete listing of 2011 fishing tournaments in South Dakota, click here.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

South Dakota Angler Lands Record Brook Trout

No sooner did I tell you about the 18 New Trout Fishing Records set in 2006 when another trout record was broken, making a liar out of me!

On December 30th, 2006 a new state record was set for Brook trout in South Dakota. This 11 lb 3 oz trout measured 30 inches long with a 16.75 inch girth.

Ryan Rempfer of Rapid City landed the record trout while fishing on Deerfield Lake. He caught the Brookie using a jig with a small rubber minnow body.

What's really interesting about this story, is that brook trout aren't stocked in Deerfield Lake. But wild populations of brook trout do exist in most headwater streams, and sometimes migrate into reservoirs and grow to large sizes as proven by this new state record.