New Zealand Gazette – 1999 – No. 127

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✨ Fishing Regulations



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

2.3 Season: 1 October to 31 May
Diamond Creek
Lake Mahinerangi
All other waters in the Clutha River catchment upstream from the Clyde Dam not specified elsewhere in clause 2 and 3

2.4 Season: 1 November to 30 April
Those rivers and streams flowing into Lake Mahinerangi
All rivers and streams flowing into Lake Dunstan not being waters specified in clause 3

2.5 Season: 1 November to 31 May
Upper Manorburn Dam
All rivers and streams flowing into all lakes in the Clutha River catchment upstream from the Clyde Dam not being waters specified in clause 3

  1. CLOSED SEASON

Fishing for sports fish is not permitted at any time in the following specified waters:
Bullock Creek, from Lake Wanaka to source
Horne Creek, from Lake Wakatipu to 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 Speargrass 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 No person when fishing for sports fish shall use -

4.1.1  More than 3 lures or baits
4.1.2  Any bait or lure treated with any chemical preparation other than -
    (a) In the case of artificial fly, preparations used solely to give buoyancy to such flies: and
    (b) In the case of natural baits, a formalin or other preservative preparation:
4.1.3  Any hook which has a gape greater than 14 mm between the point and the nearest part of the hook.

4.2 When playing a sportsfish on rod and line, a gaff may be used to assist in the landing of that fish.

  1. FLY FISHING ONLY WATERS

No person when fishing for sports fish shall use any lure or bait other than artificial fly in the following waters:



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