Fishing Regulations




12 SEPTEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Coalpit Dam:
Conroys Dam:
Dart River, downstream from the Dart River bridge:
Diamond Lake:
Hawea River:
Hoffmans Dam:
Kawarau River:
Lake Dunstan:
Lake Hayes:
Lake Hawea:
Lake Onslow:
Lake Roxburgh:
Lake Ruataniwha, including the waterways connecting this lake to Lake Waipori and east on waterways to the confluence with the Taieri River:
Lake Waihola:
Lake Waipori:
Lake Wakatipu:
Lake Wanaka:
Moke Lake:
Molyneux Pond:
Owaka River, downstream from the Pounawea/Newhaven road bridge:
Phoenix Dam:
Poolburn Dam:
Puerua Estuary, downstream from the State Highway 92 bridge:
Rees River, downstream from Muddy Creek:
Reid Lake:
Shag River, downstream from the State Highway 1 road bridge:
Southern Reservoir:
Sullivans Dam:
Tahakopa River, downstream from the Maclennan River confluence:
Taieri River, downstream from the road bridge at Allanton:
Timaru Creek, downstream from the Timaru bridge road:
Tokomairiro River, downstream from Coal Gully road bridge:
Tomahawk Lagoon:
Waikouaiti River, downstream from the State Highway 1 road bridge:
Waitati River, downstream from the Doctors Point Road bridge:
Water of Leith, downstream from the Anzac Avenue bridge:
Those rivers and streams flowing into Lake Mahinerangi.

All rivers and streams flowing into Lake Dunstan NOT specified elsewhere

Upper Manorburn Dam

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All rivers and streams flowing into all lakes in the Clutha River catchment upstream from the Clyde Dam NOT specified elsewhere
Diamond Creek:

Lake Mahinerangi:

All other waters in the Clutha River catchment upstream from the Clyde Dam NOT specified elsewhere.

November to 30 April
1 November to 31 May
1 October to 31 May
1 October to 31 May
1 November to 31 May
1 October to 31 May

  1. Closed Season
    Fishing for sports fish is not permitted at any time in the following specified waters:

Bullock Creek, from Lake Wanaka to the source
Horne Creek, from Lake Wakatipu to the source
Lake Wanaka, within 150 metres of any part of the launch wharf at the township of Wanaka:
Lake Wanaka, within 100 metres of any part of the wharf at the Wanaka Marina:
Lake Wakatipu, within the waters of Queenstown Bay bounded by a straight line drawn from the outermost point of the Tourist Park to the point where the south bank of One Mile Creek meets Lake Wakatipu:
Lake Wakatipu, within 100 metres of any part of the wharf in Black Bay (commonly known as the Walter Peak Jetty):
Mill Creek (which flows into Lake Hayes), from the Speargass Flat Road bridge to the source:

All waters in which sports fish are held in captivity for display, hatching, or other purposes, or within a distance of 100 metres from any part of the outer boundaries of such waters.

  1. Authorised Tackle

4.1 When playing a sports fish, a gaff may be used to secure or land that fish.

4.2 No licence holder when fishing for sports fish shall use—

4.2.1 More than 3 lures or baits:

4.2.2 Any bait or lure treated with any chemical preparation other than—

In the case of artificial fly, preparations used solely to give buoyancy to such flies:

and

In the case of baits, a formaline or other preservative preparation:

4.2.3 On or in conjunction with any lure, any one hook of which has a greater distance than 14 mm between the point and the nearest part of the shank of the hook.

  1. Fly Fishing Only Waters
    Deans Bank (see Interpretations, this schedule).

All rivers and streams flowing into Lake Wakatipu, except the Dart and the Rees rivers and their tributaries.
Nevis River.

  1. Bait Fishing Waters
    Bait fishing is not permitted in the following waters:

Clutha River above the Luggate bridge including the Hawea River:
Lake Wanaka:
Lake Wakatipu and tributaries (but excluding Lake Hayes and all streams flowing in and out of Lake Hayes, and Lake Johnson):
Sullivans Dam:
Southern Reservoir:

  1. Boats

7.1 Fishing from any mechanically powered boat is prohibited on:
Lake Dispute
Lake Hayes
Lake Johnson
Moke Lake
Reid Lake.



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