Fishing near Sioux Falls, SD

Set in Minnehaha County, Sioux Falls anchors a corner of southeast South Dakota where the Big Sioux River runs straight through town and more than 175 lakes spread across the surrounding prairie. The region also touches three major rivers — the Big Sioux, James, and Missouri. Local fishing leans on walleye, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, and panfish, with stocked gravel pits, reservoirs like Lake Alvin, and short drives to glacial lakes near Madison.

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Bigmouth Buffalo

Ictiobus cyprinellus

Black Buffalo

Ictiobus niger

Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Black Redhorse

Moxostoma duquesnei

Bluegill

Blue Sucker

Cycleptus elongatus

Channel Catfish

Common Carp

Flathead Catfish

Freshwater Drum

Aplodinotus grunniens

Gizzard Shad

Dorosoma cepedianum

Grass Carp

Ctenopharyngodon idella

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Largemouth Bass

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