Fishing Regulations




2498 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 94 24 AUGUST 2007

NORTH CANTERBURY FISH AND GAME REGION

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

1. 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.

2. 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
Avon River All year All legal methods* 2 2
Boyle River 1 Oct – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 2 0
Broken River 3 Nov – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 1 0
Cam River, above the State Highway 1 Bridge 1 Oct – 30 Apr All legal methods* 2 2
Cam River, below the State Highway 1 Bridge All year All legal methods* 2 2
Cass Hill Stream (Bullock Creek) Closed None 0 0
Christchurch Groynes Fishing Lakes All year All legal methods* 2 2
Coleridge Tailrace 1 Oct – 31 Mar Spinner/fly 2 0
Coleridge, Lake 3 Nov – 30 Apr and 1 June – 31 Aug Spinner/fly 2** 4**
Courtenay, Lake All year All legal methods 2 2
Cust River 1 Oct – 30 Apr All legal methods* 2 0
Double Hill Stream Closed None 0 0
Ellesmere, Lake 1 Oct – 30 Apr All legal methods* 2 2
Esk River 1 Oct – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 2 0
Evelyn, Lake 3 Nov – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 2 n/a


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