Fishing Regulations




17 SEPTEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3071

  • Pourakino River, downstream from Waipango bridge All year

  • Pyke River All year

  • Titiroa River, downstream of the Locks adjacent to the SH92 bridge All year

  • Waiau River, from the Tuatapere bridge to the sea including Te Wae Wae Lagoon but excluding the Hollyburn All year

  • Waihopai River, downstream from the Queens Drive bridge All year

  • Waikawa River, from the Niagara bridge to the sea All year

  • Waikiwi Stream, downstream from the North Road bridge All year

  • Waimatuku Stream, downstream from the bridge on Rance Road All year

  • Lake Ada All year

  • Lake Alabaster All year

  • Lake Hauroko All year

  • Lake Manapouri (includes that portion of the Waiau River between Pearl Harbour and the confluence of the Mararoa River) All year

  • Lake McKerrow All year

  • Lake Monowai All year

  • Lake Poteriteri All year

  • Lake Te Anau All year

  • Donovan Park Pond All year

  • Whitestone River upstream of Prospect bridge on Kakapo Road 1 November – 31 May

  • All waters draining into Lakes Te Anau, Manapouri, Monowai, Hauroko and Poteriteri except the Waiau River and Mararoa River and its tributaries 1 November - 31 May

  • Waiau River, between Lakes Manapouri and Te Anau, and between the Mararoa Weir and the Tuatapere Bridge 1 October – 31 May

  • Oreti River between the bridge on State Highway 94 to the confluence with the Irthing Stream and all of the Acton, Irthing and Cromel Streams and their tributaries 1 October - 31 March

  • All other waters of the region except those specified in this Schedule 1 October - 30 April

No licence holder shall take any sports fish except during an open season.

  1. CLOSED WATERS

No person shall take sports fish from the following waters:

That portion of Lake Te Anau that lies within 100 metres of any part of the wharf of the Fiordland Travel Company’s office in the township of Te Anau;

That portion of Lake Manapouri which lies with 100 metres of any part of the Fiordland Travel Company’s Tourist Centre, Pearl Harbour, Manapouri.

All waters within 100 metres of the fish pass in the Mararoa Weir (Manapouri Lake Control Structure)

  1. AUTHORISED TACKLE

No person shall use any tackle other than any fly, natural bait, or other lure any single, double or treble hook. Any hook used shall have a distance of 14mm or less between the point and the nearest part of the shank of the hook.

  1. ARTIFICIAL FLY ONLY WATERS (includes tributaries)

Eglinton River



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