Fishing Regulations




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 licenceholder shall fish from any boat, canoe, pontoon or any floatation device in any river or stream except:

  • Clutha River from Albert Town to the sea.
  • Kawarau from Lake Wakatipu to Lake Dunstan
  • Matukituki from Glenfinnan Stream confluence to Lake Wanaka
  • Taieri River from Outram Bridge to the sea
  • Waipori River from Contour Channel confluence to the Taieri River confluence
  • All tidal reaches of rivers.

DAILY LIMIT BAG

8.1 Notwithstanding anything contained in First Schedule, except in the case of perch for which there is no daily 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 a signpost located 2km upstream from the old stone homestead to its confluence with the Longburn and including the Longburn.
Routburn River.

8.3 No more than one sportsfish per day:
Rivers and tributaries flowing into any of the Lakes Hawea; Wanaka; and Wakatipu, (but excluding the special catch and release zones);
Manuherikia above Beck’s Bridge including all tributaries, but excluding Falls Dam;
Nevis River;
Southern Reservoir;
Sullivans Dam;
Tomahawk Lagoon Upper;



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2001, No 95


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2001, No 95





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