Northeast South Dakota Area Hunting & Fishing History and Facts

Northeast South Dakota probably is the richest and most diverse wildlife mecca on the North American continent. We are in the prairie pothole region that extends into Canada and is the most productive waterfowl hatchery in the world. We are situated in the Central Flyway and see millions of waterfowl pass through this region annually. Our sloughs, lakes and farmlands provide the perfect combination for nesting and habitat for fish and wildlife.

Clark Gable and Carole Lombard on Hunting & Fishing Trip to Northeast South Dakota, 1940's

Deer, ducks, geese, grouse, pheasants, as well as many other forms of wildlife animals thrive, prosper and reproduce in this region. If it were not for this region, the giant Canada goose probably would have been extinct. The pheasant hunting would not have been here, because in this area, is where it all really started. The fishing and hunting in this area sits and belongs in the front seat of any fisherman's or hunter's portfolio.

Walleyes, Northern Pike and Jumbo Perch are teaming in these prairie lakes like you would not believe. There are hundreds of these glacial pothole lakes just waiting to be fished and many of them have never been fished. With extreme high amounts of precipitation in the last decade, new lakes have shown up all over this region. We are now known as one of the best walleye regions in the world.

Some of the richest families in the world have used this Glacial lakes Region to hunt and fish in the early nineteen-hundreds. Those recognizable names include the Rothchild's, Cargill's, Dupont's, Rockefeller's, the Ford family as well as moguls of the railroads and many others all had their hunting and fishing lodges here in this very area. They came because of the diversity and quality this area had to offer.