✨ Fishing Regulations
23 AUGUST 2006 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 99 2931
Waihao River downstream of Forks Bridges 1 Oct – 30 Apr All legal methods 4 2
Waihi River and tributaries 1 Oct – 30 Apr All legal methods 4 2
Waitaki, Lake All year All legal methods 4 2
Waitaki Lake tributaries 4 Nov – 30 Apr All legal methods 4 2
Waitaki River and tributaries 1 Oct – 31 Mar All legal methods 4 2
Waitaki River and tributaries 1 Apr – 30 Apr All legal methods 4 Closed
Waitaki River downstream of State Highway No. 1 1 Jun – 31 Aug Spinner/fly 2 sports fish
- CLOSED SEASON
3.1 No licence holder shall fish for sports fish in the following waters:
Aviemore spawning race
Awakino River
Deep Creek, a tributary to the upper Rangitata River on Mt Potts Station
Deep Stream, a tributary to the upper Rangitata River on Forest Creek, Tui and Mesopotamia stations
Kauru River
Tinwald Domain Pond if the holder of other than a child’s licence
3.2 No licence holder shall fish for sea run salmon in the following waters:
Lake Stream
Ashburton River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April
Opihi River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April
Opuha River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April
Orari River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April
Rangitata River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April
Rangitata River and tributaries upstream of Turn Again Point and shown by the white posts on the riverbank between 1 March and 31 March
Waitaki River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April
3.3 No licence holder shall fish for trout in the following waters:
Rangitata River and tributaries upstream of Turn Again Point and shown by the white posts on the riverbank between 1 April and 30 April
Lake Stream between 1 April and 30 April
- AUTHORISED TACKLE
4.1 No licence holder when fishing for sports fish shall use any unsportsmanlike device or method.
4.2 A licence holder when fishing for sports fish 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.
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