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Roubaix Lake is a public lake in Lawrence County, South Dakota, managed by South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks. It is public water managed for fishing by the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks. Public access confirmed via GFP public water.
A Black Hills reservoir (Pactola, Sheridan, Deerfield, Sylvan, Center, Legion, Horsethief, Roubaix) — cold, clear, forested mountain lakes with stocked rainbow and brown trout, some brook trout, and smallmouth bass and yellow perch in the larger ones. South Dakota's closest thing to a mountain trout fishery.
Roubaix Lake covers about 7 acres in the Black Hills region. Anglers here mostly fish for rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout, yellow perch; smallmouth bass are also on record. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are North Boxelder Creek and Silver Creek.
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.
Camping: 2 sites mapped nearby — Roubaix Lake Campground, Robaix Lake Campground.
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. A South Dakota fishing licence covers this federal or state-owned reservoir.
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