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Punished Womans Lake is a public lake in Codington County, South Dakota, managed by Public boat ramp (GFP). It is public water managed for fishing by the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks. Public access confirmed via GFP.
A natural lake in South Dakota's Glacial Lakes region (Kampeska, Poinsett, Madison, Herman, Cochrane, Enemy Swim, Waubay, Bitter, Pickerel, Big Stone, Traverse, Thompson, Byron) — walleye and yellow perch headline, plus northern pike, bluegill, crappie, white bass and carp. Shallow, fertile, glacially-formed lakes across the northeast corner of the state, many with a state park or GFP recreation area on the shore.
Punished Womans Lake covers about 486 acres in the Glacial Lakes & Northeast region. Anglers here mostly fish for walleye, yellow perch, northern pike, bluegill; black crappie, white bass, smallmouth bass, common carp are also on record. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Myers Lake and North Fork Yellow Bank River.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, GFP trout designations and hand research.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in South Dakota. Snagging, gigging, bowfishing and setlines for carp, gar, buffalo and catfish are legal on most waters with their own seasons and gear rules; the four Missouri River reservoirs have specific paddlefish-snagging seasons.
Boats: The Missouri River reservoirs (Oahe, Sharpe, Francis Case, Lewis and Clark) have no horsepower limit and take full-size boats; many Black Hills and Glacial Lakes lakes are smaller with posted no-wake zones near shore. South Dakota requires boater education for operators born after 1 Jan 1993.
Bank & bivvy camping: Camp at the Corps recreation areas around the Missouri River reservoirs, GFP state recreation areas at the Black Hills and Glacial Lakes, and Custer/Black Hills National Forest campgrounds. A separate GFP park entrance licence applies at state recreation areas.
Tackle: Statewide walleye/sauger limit is usually 4 in combination (some Missouri River reservoirs carry a slot limit); smallmouth/largemouth bass 5; northern pike 4; trout (Black Hills) 5; catfish and panfish generous. Check the current GFP fishing handbook for this water.
Boat ramps: 1 mapped — Boat ramp.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Anyone 16 or older needs a South Dakota fishing licence — the resident annual is about $28, the non-resident annual about $73, with non-resident 1-day (~$16) and 3-day licences also sold. No separate trout stamp is required — the standard licence covers Black Hills trout water. South Dakota residents 65 and older can buy a discounted senior combination licence, and anyone under 16 fishes free with a licensed adult. Buy from GFP at gfp.sd.gov.
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