Fishing Regulations




2 SEPTEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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but shall not include any lure in the tying of which lead or other weight has been incorporated unless the hook incorporated in that lure does not exceed 14 mm in length (exclusive of the eye) and the gape of the hook does not exceed 6 mm; and shall not include the use of any weight attached to the line or cast other than weighting incorporated in the manufacture of the line.

  1. Open Season

Lakes

Lake Alexandrina and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April &
1 June-
31 July

Lake Aviemore
All year

Lake Benmore
All year

Lake Camp and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Lake Clearwater and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Lake Denny and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Lake Donn and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Lake Emily and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Lake Emma and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Lake Heron and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Maori Lakes and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Lake MacGregor and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Lake Middleton and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Lake Ohau
All year

Lake Roundabout and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Lake Ruataniwha, including Wairepo Arm and Kellands Pond
All year

Lake Spider and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Lake Tekapo
All year

Canals

Ohau ‘B’-Ohau ‘C’ hydro canal
All year

Pukaki-Ohau hydro canal
All year

Ruataniwha-Ohau ‘B’ hydro canal
All year

Tekapo-Pukaki hydro canal
All year

Rivers

Ahuriri River and its tributaries below Longslip Creek
2 Nov-
30 April

Ahuriri River and its tributaries upstream of and including Longslip Creek
7 Dec-
30 April

Ashburton River South Branch and its tributaries from its source downstream to its confluence with Taylors Stream
1 Oct-
31 March

Ashburton River below SH1 bridge
1 Oct-
30 April &
1 June-
31 August

Awakino River
Closed all year

Bowyers Stream
1 Oct-
31 March

Deep Stream and its tributaries east of the bridge where it enters Lake Aviemore
2 Nov-
30 April

Kakanui River below SH1 bridge
1 Oct-
30 April &
1 June-
31 August

Lake Stream, a tributary of the Rakaia River
1 Oct-
28 February

Larch Stream
2 Nov-
31 January

Ohau River and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Lake Ohau tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Opihi River below SH1 bridge
1 Oct-
30 April &
1 June-
31 August

Otematatata river and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Pareora River below SH1 bridge
1 Oct-
30 April &
1 Aug-
31 August

Lake Pukaki tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Rangitata Diversion Race from the intake downstream to Rakaia River Road
All year

Rangitata River below SH1 bridge
1 Oct-
30 April &
1 June-
31 August

Taylors Stream
1 October-
31 March

Tekapo River and its tributaries upstream of the lower powerlines across the river
2 Nov-
30 April

Tekapo River downstream of the lower powerlines across the river
All year

Lake Tekapo tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Tinwald Domain Pond, except child licence holders
Closed all year

Tinwald Domain Pond, child licence holders only
All year

Twizel River and its tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

Waitaki River below SH1 bridge
1 Oct-
30 April &
1 June-
31 August

Other

Any high country tarns or lagoons and their tributaries
2 Nov-
30 April

All other open waters
1 October to
30 April

  1. Closed Waters—Salmon

Period of closure

Lake Heron
1 March-
30 April

Rangitata River and tributaries, above Turn Again Point, also known as Red Rocks Bluff, shown by white posts on the river banks
1 March-
30 April

Waitaki River, between the Waitaki Dam and the mouth of the Maerewhenua River, or in any tributary of that part of the Waitaki River
1 April-
30 April



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