5-35-6 Fishing Regulations

1. LABELING AND ACCESS TO FISHING HOUSES-Fish houses, shanties, or other shelters must display on the outside the name and address of the owner in letters at least two (2) inches high. The door must permit entry at all times except when unoccupied and locked from the outside, All such shelters must be removed from the ice by March 5 or earlier, as determined by the Department.
2. ICE HOLE SIZE RESTRICTIONS-No hole shall be cut or drilled through the ice or a greater diameter than twelve (12) inches, nor shall the length of any side of the ice hole exceed twelve (12) inches which is used for ice fishing.
3. REFUSE LEFT ON ICE-It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit any form of organic or inorganic waste.ofl the ice of any water of the Rosebud Sioux Reservation.
4. FISHING RESTRICTED TO AUTHORIZED METHODS-It shall be unlawful to catch or attempt to catch, take, or kill any fish by any method, except as provided in this code.
5. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF LINES AND HOOKS-It shall be unlawful for any person to fish with more than two (2) lines at the same time, and no more than three (3) hooks shall be attached to the same line. Artificial lures constitute one (1) hook, regardless of the number of gang hooks attached.
6. ROUGH FISH: DEFINITION; CONDITIONS-It is legal to take cerlain rough fish by means of bow and arrow. “Rough Fish” means; Paddle fish, carp, buffalo, carpsuckers, suckers, gar, drum, and gizzard shad.
   1. Each bow and arrow shooter shall have in his possession a valid Tribal fishing license.
   2. The minimum weight of bows shall be twenty-five (25) pounds.
   3. The maximum length of arrows shall be thirty-two (32) inches.
      
   4. Each arrow must have a barbed head.
      
   5. Each arrow must be shot from a bow.
      
   6. A line must be attached from bow to arrow.
      
   7. It shall be unlawful to take fish using a crossbow.
      
7. ROUGH FISH AREAS; RESTRICTIONS-All streams, lakes, ponds, and other waters in the Rosebud Sioux Reservation are subject to Tribal Game, Fish & Parks Regulations relative to fishing, and are open to the taking of certain rough fish by means of bow and arrow, except that all water areas within a distance of one hundred (100) yards of any boat dock, swimming area, picnic area, or other place where people are congregated, are closed to bow and arrow fishing. Bow and arrow fishing is permitted only during daylight hours.
   
8. SNAGGING; UNLAWFUL-To catch or take any fish by hand fishing, toe fishing, snagging, or by use of brush lines, jug, or float line fishing, or any other similar device; Snagging as prohibited by law, shall not include hooking when the fish by its action takes into its mouth a bait or lure. A fish hooked in any manner must be immediately released into the water from which it came, if not immediately released, the person hooking the fish shall be guilty of snagging.
   
9. SIENES; NETS; SPEARS; TRAPS; UNLAWFUL-It is unlawful for any person to have in his possession any seine trammel net, hook net, gill net, fish gig, fish spear, fish trap; or other device contrivance or material for the purpose of taking fish, except as otherwise provided by law.
   
10. DELETERIOUS SUBSTANCES; EXPLOSIVES; UNLAWFUL-It shall be unlawful to place in or upon any waters within the Rosebud Sioux Reservation any deleterious substances, or fish berries, or to place or explode dynamite, giant powder, lime, nitroglycerine or any other explosive of any character or kind in any waters on the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, with the intent to take or kill, stun or wound fish.
    
11. RODS, LINES, BAITED HOOKS-It is unlawful to take fish by any other means than by rods, lines and baited fishhooks, except as provided by law.
    
12. BAIT MINNOWS-
    
    1. The taking of the common bait minnow (family Cyprinidae) and top minnows or killfish (family Cyprinodontidae) from streams, rivers, and lakes of the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, for use as bait, is permitted subject to the limitation that possession of such minnows and/or small fish taken in excess of five hundred (500) per day is prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
    2. It is unlawful to have and use, for the sole purpose of taking minnows for a bait, a minnow seine not more than four (4)-feet wide and fifteen (15)-feet long with a mesh not larger than one-fourth (1/4)-inch square measure; and a glass or wine minnow trap with a throat not larger than one (1) inch in diameter, any other seine or seine of device shall be unlawful.
    3. The taking of bait minnows for resale, trade, or other commercial purposes is prohibited, except as otherwise provided in the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Code.
13. BAIT VENDORS LICENSES-It shall be unlawful to sell, trade, or barter baitfish on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation without possessing and displaying in a conspicuous place a valid Rosebud Sioux Tribal Bait Vendor’s License.
14. PURCHASE OF LICENCE-The bait Vendor’s License may be purchased from the Department of Natural Resources and is valid until December 31 of the year of issuance. The cost of the bait Vendor’s License is determined by the Department of Natural Resources.
    
15. GAME FISH, CATFISH, ROUGH FISH AS BAIT UNLAWFUL-It shall be unlawful to sell, trade, or barter game fish, catfish or rough fish as bait, or for any other purpose on the Reservation. No baitfish shall be introduced to any waters of the Reservation for any purpose unless, specifically authorized by the Department.
    
16. BAIT FISH IN WATERS UNLAWFUL-It shall be unlawful to empty the contents of any minnow bucket or otherwise introduce bait minnows or fish of any species into the waters of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
    
17. BAITFISH IN RESTRICTED WATERS UNLAWFUL-It is unlawful to use bait minnows while fishing in any restricted waters prohibiting the use of bait minnows or any cold-water fishery of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
    It is unlawful to buy or sell frogs or fish, except as provided by the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Code.
18. FROGS
    
    1. A valid Rosebud Fishing license is required for any person to take, catch or kill bullfrogs, except those persons exempt by law from having such a license.
       
    2. Bullfrogs may legally be taken by hand, dip-net, and by hook and line. Any and all other means and methods of catching, taking and/or killing bullfrogs are prohibited.