ARSD 41:09:04:04. Seines, nets, and traps limited

Licensed resident wholesale and retail bait dealers may possess and use regular or bag seines not longer than fifty feet nor deeper than six feet. All traps must have a rigid entrance no larger than one inch wide. Trap throats exposed above the surface of the water must be blocked by a solid shield or mesh to prevent the entrapment of waterfowl. No seine, net, or trap, used for the commercial taking of bait, may contain flexible mesh larger than three-eighths inch square. The department may issue a permit for the use of a seine, net, or trap, larger than specified, if the device is used to stock public waters with white suckers for rearing and harvest. There are no mesh-size or size restrictions for traps, seines, dip nets, lift nets, or cast nets used to take bait for noncommercial use.