✨ Fish and Game Regulations




11 SEPTEMBER
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Authorised lures and baits (subject to any regional restrictions specified in the Second Schedule) are:
Artificial fly
Spinner
Bait

SECOND SCHEDULE

NORTHLAND FISH AND GAME REGION

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83 of 24 May 1990 at page 1861

  1. INTERPRETATION See First Schedule

  2. OPEN SEASON
    2.1 All lakes and reservoirs in region All Year
    2.2 All rivers and streams in region 1 October to 30 April

  3. CLOSED SEASON
    3.1 All rivers and streams in region 1 May to 30 September

  4. AUTHORISED TACKLE
    4.1 Licence holders shall fish for sports fish in the Northland Fish & Game Region, using a single rod, reel, and running line.

  5. AUTHORISED LURES AND BAITS
    5.1 Licence holders shall fish for sports fish in the Northland Fish & Game Region, using artificial fly, spinner or bait only (as defined in the First Schedule), except that bait may not be used in any rivers or streams.

  6. EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN TACKLE
    6.1 No Licence holder when fishing for sports fish shall use:
    a) any lead or weight, fixed or running, except where an authorised lure or bait is attached to a terminal trace of a minimum length of 600 mm.
    b) any hook which has a gape greater than 14 mm between the point and the nearest part of the shank
    c) any lure having more than one hook, or having a multiple hook, or any fixed hooks.
    d) more than 2 lures



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2000, No 126


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2000, No 126





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