✨ Fishing Regulations
30 AUGUST 2004 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 106 2655
Tekapo River and tributaries upstream of the lower powerlines across the river approximately 1km upstream from Lake Benmore. 6 Nov – 30 Apr
Tinwald Domain Pond – child licence holders only. All year
Twizel River and its tributaries 6 Nov – 30 Apr
Upper Waitaki Lakes. All year
Upper Waitaki Lakes tributaries. 6 Nov – 30 Apr
Waitaki Hydro Canals. All year
Winter Fishing Rivers. 1 June – 31 Aug
CLOSED SEASON
No licence holder shall fish for:
3.1 Sportsfish:
3.1.1 In the Awakino River.
3.1.2 In the Tinwald Domain Pond if the holder of other than a child’s licence.
3.2 Salmon:
3.2.1 In Lake Stream.
3.2.2 In the Rangitata River and tributaries upstream of Turn Again Point and shown by the white posts on the riverbank between 1 March and 30 April.
3.2.3 In the Waitaki River and its tributaries between the Waitaki Dam and the mouth of the Maerewhenua River between 1 April and 30 April.
3.3 Trout:
3.3.1 In the Rangitata River and tributaries upstream of Turn Again Point and shown by the white posts on the riverbank between 1 April and 30 April.
3.3.2 In Lake Stream between 1 April and 30 April.
AUTHORISED TACKLE
4.1 No licence holder when fishing for sportsfish shall use any unsportsmanlike device or method.
4.2 A licence holder when fishing for sportsfish in the Rangitata River or its tributaries:
4.2.1 May use, seaward of a line drawn between the 2 poles situated near the upstream limit of the estuarine area, an artificial fly only if the total weight of everything attached to the cast does not exceed 28g.
4.2.2 May cast other than from the reel or retrieve other than by winding the reel only when using bait or fly fishing, or when fishing with an artificial fly seaward of a line drawn between the 2 poles situated near the upstream limit of the estuarine area.
4.3 Down riggers, paravanes, metal cored or wire lines and weights to assist sinking of trolled lures are prohibited in Lake Alexandrina.
FLY FISHING ONLY WATERS
Ahuriri River Lagoons.
Any High Country tarn or lagoon.
Hakataramea River upstream from the State Highway No. 82 bridge.
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NZ Gazette 2004, No 106
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