New Zealand Gazette – 1999 – No. 127

Page 3069

✨ Fishing Regulations



17 SEPTEMBER
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
3069

5.1 Deans Bank, meaning that portion of the Clutha River lying downstream between a point indicated by a Black, White and Yellow landmark post approximately 600 metres from the outlet of Lake Wanaka, and a point indicated by a Black, White and Yellow landmark post, approximately 600 metres above the bridge at Albert Town.

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

5.3 Nevis River

5.4 Routeburn River

  1. BAIT FISHING WATERS

6.1 Subject to subclause (5), no person when fishing for sports fish shall use any lure or bait other than artificial fly or lure in the following waters:
(a) Clutha River upstream from Luggate Bridge
(b) Sullivans Dam
(c) Southern Reservoir
(d) Lake Wakatipu and tributaries
(e) Lake Wanaka and tributaries

6.2 Notwithstanding the above all methods are permissible in the following waters:
(a) Clutha River, from Luggate Bridge to Lake Dunstan
(b) Lake Hayes and all streams flowing into or out of
(c) Lake Hawea
(d) Lake Johnson
(e) Kawarau River

6.3 All methods are permissible in all other waters within the region other than 6.1 and 6.2.

  1. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF BOATS

7.1 No person shall fish from, or tow any lure from, any mechanically propelled boat on: Lake Dispute, Lake Hayes, Lake Johnson, Moke Lake or Reid Lake.

7.2 No person shall fish from a boat on Lake Kirkpatrick.

7.3 Subject to subclause (4) of this clause, no person shall troll from a mechanically propelled boat within 100 metres of any person fishing from the shore.

7.4 No person in fishing for sports fish shall troll from any boat in any river or stream except the Taieri River downstream from Henley Ferry Bridge, and the Clutha River downstream from Balclutha.

7.5 No licence holder shall fish for trout from any boat, canoe, pontoon, or any flotation device in the following waters:
(a) Waters reserved for artificial fly fishing flowing into Lake Wakatipu
(b) The section of water known as Deans Bank defined in 2.3
(c) The Hunter and Young Rivers

  1. DAILY LIMIT BAG

8.1 Notwithstanding anything contained in First Schedule, except in the case of perch for which there is no daily limit and trout from Lake Onslow, McKellar and Sylvan for which there is no bag limit, no person shall on any one day take and kill or be in possession of more than the prescribed daily limit from the following specified waters:

8.2 Catch and release zones: (Daily limit: Nil). Sports fish caught within these waters must be immediately released into the water from which it has been taken.
Lochy River special catch and release zone (being that portion of the river from its source to its confluence with the Longburn and including the Longburn Routeburn River.

8.3 No more than one sports fish per day:
Rivers and tributaries flowing into any of the Lakes Hawea, Wanaka, and Wakatipu (but excluding the special catch and release zones);



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