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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

   Table 
  showimj 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  Jitsherks 
  of 
  Minnesota 
  in 
  1S94 
  — 
  Contiuued. 
  

  

  SOUTH 
  DAKOTA. 
  

  

  The 
  physical 
  conditions 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  are 
  not 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  existence 
  

   of 
  important 
  fishery 
  resources, 
  the 
  surface 
  being 
  mostly 
  a 
  rolling 
  prairie 
  

   with 
  comparatively 
  few 
  bodies 
  of 
  water. 
  The 
  principal 
  rivers 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  are 
  the 
  Missouri, 
  Dakota 
  (or 
  James), 
  Vermilion, 
  Big 
  Sioux, 
  Grand, 
  

   Owl, 
  Big 
  Cheyenne, 
  and 
  White. 
  None 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  

   growth 
  of 
  any 
  but 
  the 
  most 
  hardy 
  species. 
  The 
  most 
  prominent 
  lakes 
  

   are 
  Big 
  Stone, 
  Traverse, 
  Madison, 
  Herman, 
  Kampeska, 
  Andes, 
  and 
  

   Wall; 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  other 
  lakes 
  formerly 
  existed, 
  biit 
  have 
  become 
  dry 
  

   during 
  recent 
  years. 
  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  Big 
  Stone 
  Lake, 
  the 
  lakes 
  

   contain 
  a 
  very 
  limited 
  variety 
  of 
  hsh, 
  butfalo-fish, 
  bullheads, 
  yellow 
  

   pike, 
  and 
  pickerel 
  predominating. 
  The 
  amount 
  of 
  fishing 
  is 
  further 
  

   reduced 
  by 
  the 
  prohibition 
  of 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  any 
  apparatus 
  except 
  hand 
  

   lines 
  and 
  spears 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  excluding 
  the 
  

   Missouri 
  River, 
  although 
  this 
  interdiction 
  is 
  not 
  strictly 
  observed 
  in 
  

   some 
  h)calities. 
  The 
  principal 
  fishing 
  is 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  Missouri 
  Biver, 
  

   whose 
  length 
  within 
  this 
  State 
  is 
  nearly 
  500 
  miles. 
  Although 
  the 
  

  

  