Rapid City Journal

Fishing Line: Pactola and Deerfield producing impressive bite as conditions improve

The ice fishing season picked up steam (or perhaps, the misty exhalations of the fishermen) over the last week as the recent cold snap setup workable ice on virtually all of the lakes in the area. A ...
Rapid City Journal

Fishing Line: Pactola remains the Black Hills' trout hotspot

The colder weather on tap for Thursday and another stretch forecast for next week will be accompanied by dropping barometric pressures, a state normally a harbinger of good fishing opportunities. The ...
The Montana Standard

Zebra mussels discovered in western South Dakota reservoir

South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation have confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Pactola Reservoir in Pennington County. "We received an image of a ...
Grand Forks Herald

S.D. angler catches new state record lake trout

RAPID CITY, S.D. -- A new South Dakota state record lake trout was caught Jan. 23 from Pactola Reservoir by Aaron Jones of Rapid City. Weighing in at 30 pounds even, the record lake trout surpassed ...