Pactola Reservoir

Pennington - South Dakota


  • 37 catches

  • 330 followers

  • 3 spots

Pactola Lake is the largest reservoir in the Black Hills of South Dakota and is created by the Pactola Dam. At the bottom of Pactola Lake is the submerged town of Pactola, an old mining camp and site of several military bivouacs during the original settle...

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Pactola Reservoir Fishing Reports

Recently shared catches and fishing spots

  1. Pete Rutherford
    - Pactola Reservoir

    Trolling 40’ deep in 50 feet of water.

    Northern Pike with a Yo-Zuri Crystal 3D Minnows

    1. George Horvath 0
      Big one ☝️
  2. Pete Rutherford
    - Pactola Reservoir

    Trolling

    10 lb. 4 oz. 38 in. Northern Pike with a Rapala Balsa Xtreme BX Jointed Shad

    1. George Horvath 0
      Nice one ☝️
  3. Pete Rutherford
    - Pactola Reservoir

    Trolling with Leadcore in between rain showers.

    Lake Trout with a Rapala Balsa Xtreme BX Minnows

    1. Origin outdoors 0
      amazing
    2. George Horvath 0
      Big one ☝️
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  4. Douglas Linton
    - Pactola Reservoir

    Details: 13.0 in. Rainbow Trout with a minnow

  5. Wade Robbins
    - Pactola Reservoir

    2 lb. 4 oz. 18.0 in. Rainbow Trout with a Eppinger Dardevle Spoons

    1. Wade Robbins 0
      18 in. 2.3 lbs on a Daredevil spoon. Blue and Silver
  6. Isaiah Birkel
    - Pactola Reservoir

    Details: 15 in. Rainbow Trout

  7. Austin Youngblood
    - Pactola Reservoir

    Details: 2 lb. 15 in. Brown Trout with a Bullhead minnow

    Caught in 10' of water about 2' off of bottom , ice was only 3" thick in spots.

  8. Austin Youngblood
    - Pactola Reservoir

    Details: 35 in. Northern Pike with a Shiner

    Caught in 20' of water, about 3' off the bottom

  9. Steven Cessna
    - Pactola Reservoir

    25 lb laker

    25 lb. 8 oz. 40 in. Lake Trout

    1. Donald Smith 0
      Nice looking fish there Steven.
    2. Steven Cessna 0
      caught and released for the next guy.
    3. Tony Callies 0
      Awesome Laker! Bet that one didn't want to come up to the surface... That'll get you some fish dinners for a while!
    4. Ed Gerken 0
      What a humdinger! Is that going on the wall or on a platter?
    5. David Froehlich 0
      WOW,beautiful laker. love the color, healthy fish. Nice catch.
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  10. Trevor Mount
    - Pactola Reservoir

    Caught 2 nice Lakers.

    24 in. Lake Trout with a Jigging Rap

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