South Dakota Fishing Forecast

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Today's solunar windows for South Dakota's most-stocked waters, what the trucks just did, and where the record says to go. Recomputed every morning from the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks feed and the moon's own arithmetic.

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · moon: waxing gibbous, 93% lit

Today's solunar windows

Water	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)	Last stocked
Pactola Reservoir Pennington Co.	9:34-11:34 am and 9:57-11:57 pm	3:52-4:52 am and 4:04-5:04 pm	44 days ago
Center Custer Co.	9:34-11:34 am and 9:57-11:57 pm	3:52-4:52 am and 4:03-5:03 pm	31 days ago
Deerfield Pennington Co.	9:35-11:35 am and 9:58-11:58 pm	3:53-4:53 am and 4:05-5:05 pm	44 days ago
Sylvan Custer Co.	9:34-11:34 am and 9:57-11:57 pm	3:52-4:52 am and 4:04-5:04 pm	43 days ago

Major and minor periods are solunar times, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement; the stocking dates and gauge readings are measured. Times are Mountain Time (MDT), each water computed at its own coordinates. Every water page carries its own windows.

Best bets in South Dakota this week

From the national best bets ranking: freshest trucks first, live gauges break ties.

Water	Why
Lynn Day Co.	stocked Wednesday, 1,442 muskellunge

Freshest stockings

Agency feed checked yesterday.

Date	Water	County	Species	Fish
Oct 21	Lighthouse Point (Oahe)	Yankton	Chinook salmon	11,090
Oct 21	Lynn	Day	Muskellunge	1,442
Oct 21	Scott	Minnehaha	Yellow perch	401
Oct 20	Winner City Pond	Tripp	Rainbow trout	300
Oct 15	Sheridan	Pennington	Rainbow trout	2,088
Oct 15	Sheridan	Pennington	Rainbow trout	1,840
Oct 15	Sheridan	Pennington	Rainbow trout	1,186
Oct 14	Armour Kids Fishing Pond	Douglas	Rainbow trout	980
Oct 14	Capitol Lake	Hughes	Rainbow trout	234
Oct 14	Dante	Charles Mix	Rainbow trout	900

Stocking rows from South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (official page); sun and moon times computed from this page's own coordinates, no forecast service involved. The full schedule lives on the South Dakota stocking page. Seasons, limits, and licenses: South Dakota fishing regulations.