Limited fishing is available for largemouth bass, northern pike and other warm water species in the Black Hills. Surrounding the Black Hills, east to the Missouri River, are numerous impoundments ranging in size from Angostura and Shadehill Reservoirs, both over 5000 acres, to 1 or 2 acre stock dams. These are the warm-water impoundment's that I've fished. As I very much prefer bass fishing, I'll update and add to the list whenever I can. Quite a few of the largest trout caught come from within Rapid City.
Canyon Lake is located in a city park.
It was drained and rehabilitated in 1996. Within Rapid City, Rapid Creek flows mainly through park land created in the flood plain established after the Rapid City Flood. A lot of stream enhancement work has been done and brown trout reproduce naturally. New in 1997 is the Black Hills Trout Management Area. This allowed the Black Hills trout fishing regulations to be simplified.