Black Hills Fishing Guide

Black Hills Fishing Guide produced by South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Department. Written by Jack Erickson and Ron Koth, fisheries biologists with the South Dakota Game Fish & Parks.

Black Hills Fishing Guide

A number of years ago the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks published a publication titled the Black Hills Fishing Guide. It has since gone out of print, but it now lives on in PDF format. The Black Hills Fishing Guide is an excellent resource, especially when used along with Steve Kinsella’s book, Trout Fishing in the Black Hills. The maps in the Black Hills Fishing Guide are decent, but often lack sufficient detail where roads and access are concerned. For better maps take a look at the USFS Black Hills Recreation Map and the excellent Trails Illustrated Maps from National Geographic.

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Black Hills Fishing Guide PDFs

Introduction and How to Use the Black Hills Fishing Guide

Hydrology of the Black Hills

Black Hills Trout Species

Black Hills Trout Fishing Techniques

Black Hills Trout Fishing Techniques Con’t

General Information

View the Individual Watersheds

Upper Rapid Creek Watershed

Lower Rapid Creek Watershed

Spring Creek Watershed

Elk and Box Elder Creek Watershed

Crow and Spearfish Creek Watershed

Battle Creek Watershed

Custer State Park Watershed

Whitewood Creek Watershed

Black Hills Lakes and Reservoirs

Sheridan Lake and Deerfield Reservoir

Pactola Reservoir

Index of Black Hills Creeks Dams; Lake and other Fishing Location

Other Sources of Information and Acknowledgements

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Black Hills Fishing Guide produced by South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Department. Written by Jack Erickson and Ron Koth, fisheries biologists with the South Dakota Game Fish & Parks.