Big Sioux River Fishing Spot

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The Big Sioux River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 295 mi (470 km) long, in eastern South Dakota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. The Big Sioux River rises in Roberts County, South Dakota on the Coteau des Prairies and flows generally southwardly through Grant, Codington, Hamlin, Brookings, Moody, and Minnehaha Counties, past the communities of Watertown, Castlewood, Bruce, Flandreau, Egan, Trent, Dell Rapids, and Baltic to Sioux Falls, where it passes over a waterfall which gives that city its name. Downstream of Sioux Falls and the community of Brandon, the Big Sioux is used to define the boundary between South Dakota and Iowa, flowing along the eastern borders of Lincoln and Union Counties in South Dakota, and the western borders of Lyon, Sioux and Plymouth Counties in Iowa, past the communities of Canton, Fairview, Hudson, North Sioux City, and Dakota Dunes in South Dakota and Hawarden, Beloit, and Akron in Iowa. It joins the Missouri River from the north at Sioux City, Iowa. A VARIETY OF ANGLING opportunities exist forthe Big Sioux River traveler. Channel catfish is "king of the river" with walleye and northern pike providing some excitement, particularly in the upper reaches of river that border Sioux and Lyon counties. A flathead catfish and an occasional sauger may surprise an angler in the lower sections of river below Klondike. Smallmouth bass have been stocked in the Big Sioux to enhance the variety of fishing opportunities.