Fishing Regulations




3072 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 127

  1. BAIT FISHING WATERS (includes tributaries)

    Bait fishing is not permitted in the following waters:
    Aparima River upstream of the Hamilton Burn confluence
    Arthur River
    Borland River
    Cleddau River
    Hamilton Burn River above Mossburn-Otatau Road
    Hollyford River
    Mararoa River upstream of Key Bridge
    Mataura River upstream of the Garston Bridge
    Monowai River
    Oreti River upstream of Rocky Point, 2km west of Mossburn
    Pyke River
    Waiau River between Lakes Manapouri and Te Anau
    Wairaki River above the electricity transmission lines
    Whitestone River
    Lake Ada
    Lake Alabaster
    Lake Fergus
    Lake Gunn
    Lake Hankinson
    Lake Hauroko
    Lake Manapouri
    Lake McKerrow
    Lake Monowai
    Lake Poteriteri
    Lake Te Anau
    North Mavora Lake
    South Mavora Lake

    All waters flowing into Lakes Te Anau, Manapouri, Monowai, Hauroko and Poteriteri excluding Mararoa River downstream of the Key Bridge.

  2. USE OF BOATS

    7.1 No person shall fish from any boat other than a row boat in Lake Thomas
    7.2 No person shall fish from any boat or launch in that part of Lake Waituna which lies on the seaward side of a line between two white signposts indicating the restriction sited on directly opposite shores near what is the outlet channel when the channel is open to the sea.
    7.3 No person shall fish from any boat, canoe, pontoon, or any form of flotation device in:
    the Mataura River upstream from the Mataura Island bridge
    the Waikaia River
    the Mararoa River
    the Oreti River upstream of the SH94 bridge just north of Lumsden
    the Eglinton River
    the Waiau River from the confluence of the Monowai River to the Mararoa Weir.

  3. DAILY LIMIT BAGS

    8.1 Catch and Release zones
    Trout or salmon taken within the described experimental Catch and Release zones shall be immediately released with as little injury as possible back into the water from which it has been taken. No person shall kill or possess sports fish taken from the following catch and release zones.

     Oreti River and tributaries from the headwaters to the downstream limit of the “walk only zone” at map ref NZMS 260 D43 294185.
     Mataura River and tributaries upstream of the road bridge at Garston


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