“Today’s Missouri River is far from the muddy,
winding waterway Lewis and Clark traveled some 200 years ago. Four massive
dams, completed in the early ’60s,
mitigated the river and created more than 900 square miles of open water and
3,000 miles of shoreline. In addition, the dams created a world-class freshwater
fishery.
If large waters intimidate you, a trip to a prairie
stock dam may be more to your liking. From one to 100 acres, these small ponds
were built to water livestock and conserve soil and water. Stock dams can
be easily fished from shore or with the aid of a small boat, canoe or float
tube”.—South Dakota Fishing Website, www.travelsd.com/fishing
Whether your fishing the Missouri River or trolling the prairie stock dams
you will always find what you are looking for, from Walley to Salmon,Sauger
to Large and small mouth bass, white bass to Northern Pike and Catfish to
Various Pan Fish.
" I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the University."
Hubert H. Humphrey
