Fishing Regulations




24 AUGUST 2007 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 94 2479

River/Stream Season Method Daily Bag Limit
Tapu Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 5
Tairua Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 5
Taringamotu Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 5
Tawarau Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 5
Waihou
• below Okoroire Falls All year All legal lures/baits 5
• above Okoroire Falls All year Spinner/artificial fly No limit*
Waikato All year All legal lures/baits 5
Waimakariri All year Spinner/artificial fly No limit*
Waimiha Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 5
Waiomou Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 5
Waione Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 5
Waipa
• below State Highway 3 Bridge at Otorohanga All year All legal lures/baits 5
• between State Highway 3 Bridge and Toa Bridge All year Spinner/artificial fly 2
• above Toa Bridge Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 2
Waipare (upper Waihou) All year Spinner/artificial fly No limit*
Waipari Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 5
Wairoa All year Spinner/artificial fly 5
Waitawheta
• below end of Franklin Road All year Spinner/artificial fly 5
• above end of Franklin Road Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 5
Waitekauri Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 5
Waiwawa Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 5
Whanganui
• below Whakapapa River All year All legal lures/baits 5
• above Whakapapa River Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 5
Whakapapa
• below Piopiotea Stream Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 5
• above Piopiotea Stream Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 2 brown
Whakapapa-iti Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 2 brown
0 rainbow
Whakapapa-nui Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 2 brown
0 rainbow
Whangamarino Oct 1 – Jun 30 No bait restrictions 5
All other rivers/streams not mentioned in Sections 2 and 3 Oct 1 – Jun 30 Spinner/artificial fly 5
  • Where there is no bag limit, only 2 of these trout may be greater than 30cm in length (refer to Section 10).
  1. CLOSED WATERS

3.1 No licence holder shall take (or attempt to take) sports fish from all rivers, streams and their tributaries which flow into but not including Lake Arapuni, Lake Waipapa and Lake Karapiro, and that part of the Waikato River downstream from the Maraetai Dam to above the Karapiro Dam.

3.2 The closed waters restrictions in Section 3.1 do not apply to the waters specified in Section 2.2 of this Schedule.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2007, No 94


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2007, No 94





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