Fishing Regulations




30 AUGUST 2005

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 146

3571

NORTH CANTERBURY FISH AND GAME REGION

Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, No. 83, 24 May 1990, page 1861

DEFINITIONS

The North Canterbury Fish and Game Region is divided into two zones:

“Eastern Zone”: The area to the east of a line extending from the white posts on the Rakaia River (near the Coleridge Power Station), to the confluence of the Staircase Stream and the Waimakariri River (above Woodstock), to the Oxford-Glentui Road Bridge on the Ashley River, to the junction of the Hurunui River with the South Branch, to the junction of the Waiau and Hope Rivers; and excluding Lake Rubicon.

“Western Zone”: The area to the west of the eastern zone plus Lake Rubicon.

OPEN SEASON

Except as closed under 3 or restricted elsewhere in the notice.

Rivers / Lake Season Permitted Method Trout Limit Salmon Limit
Ada River. 1 Oct – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 2 0
Ashley River, above Oxford-Glentui Road Bridge. 1 Oct – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 1 0
Ashley River, below Oxford-Glentui Road Bridge. All year All legal methods* 2 2
Avoca River 1 Dec – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 2 0
Avon River. All year All legal methods* 2 2
Boyle River. 1 Oct – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 2 0
Broken River. 5 Nov – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 1 0
Cam River, above the State Highway No. 1 Bridge. 1 Oct – 30 Apr All legal methods* 2 2
Cam River, below the State Highway No. 1 Bridge. All year All legal methods* 2 2
Christchurch Groynes Fishing Lakes All year All legal methods* 2 2
Coleridge Tailrace. 1 Oct – 31 Mar Spinner/fly 2** 0
Coleridge, Lake. 5 Nov – 30 Apr and 1 June – 31 Aug Spinner/fly 2** 4**
Cust River. 1 Oct – 30 Apr All legal methods* 2 0
Ellesmere, Lake. 1 Oct – 30 Apr All legal methods* 2 2
Esk River. 1 Oct – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 2 0
Evelyn, Lake. 5 Nov – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 2 n/a
Forsyth, Lake. All year All legal methods* 2 n/a
Georgina, Lake. 5 Nov – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 2 n/a


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