3064 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 127

Deep Stream and its tributaries east of the bridge where it enters Lake Aviemore 6 Nov - 30 Apr
High country tarns or lagoons & their tributaries 6 Nov - 30 Apr
Lake Stream (Rakaia tributary) 1 Oct - 28 Feb
Larch Stream 6 Nov - 31 Jan
MacGregor, Lake 6 Nov - 30 Apr
Otematata River and its tributaries 6 Nov - 30 Apr
Poaka, Lake 6 Nov - 30 Apr
Merino, Lake 6 Nov - 30 Apr
Rangitata Diversion Race from the intake downstream to Rakaia River Road All Year
Tekapo River downstream of the lower powerlines across the river approximately 1km upstream from Lake Benmore All Year
Tinwald Domain Pond, child licence holders only All Year
Upper Waitaki Lakes All Year
Upper Waitaki Lakes tributaries 6 Nov - 30 Apr
Waitaki Hydro Canals All Year
Winter Fishing Rivers 1 June - 31 Aug

3. CLOSED SEASON

No licence holder shall fish for:

3.1 Sportsfish:

3.1.1 In the Awakino River
3.1.2 In the Tinwald Domain Pond if the holder of other than a child’s licence.
3.1.3 In the Rangitata River and tributaries upstream of Turn Again Point and shown by the white posts on the riverbank between 1 March and 30 April inclusive.

3.2 Salmon:

3.2.1 In Lake Heron between 1 March and 30 April inclusive
3.2.2 In the Waitaki River and its tributaries between the Waitaki Dam and the mouth of the Maerewhenua River between 1 April and 30 April inclusive.

4. AUTHORISED TACKLE

4.1 No licence holder when fishing for sportsfish shall use:

4.1.1 Any gaff.
4.1.2 Any artificial fly having more than one hook or having a multiple hook
4.1.3 In conjunction with any lure, any lead or weight affixed to the trace or line at a distance of less than 38 cm or more than 150 cm above the lure.
4.1.4 Any unsportsmanlike device or method.

4.2 No licence holder shall continue to fish on any day after having foulhooked three sportsfish, even though any such sportsfish have been returned immediately in accordance with the 1st Schedule of this notice.

4.3 A licence holder when fishing for sportsfish in the Ashburton, Rangitata, or Orari Rivers or their tributaries:

4.3.1 May use only one artificial fly or spinner when any weight is attached
4.3.2 May use more than one hook only when bait fishing
4.3.3 May use, seaward of a line drawn between the 2 poles situated near the upstream limit of the estuarine area, an artificial fly only if the total weight of everything attached to the cast does not exceed 28 grams.
4.3.4 May cast other than from the reel or retrieve other than by winding the reel only when using bait, or fly fishing or when fishing with an artificial fly seaward of a line drawn between the 2 poles situated near the upstream limit of the estuarine area.