✨ Fishing Regulations
2 SEPTEMBER 2008 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 135 3577
Waitaki Lake tributaries 1 Nov – 30 Apr All legal methods 4 2
Waitaki River and tributaries 1 Oct – 31 Mar All legal methods 4 2
1 Apr – 30 Apr All legal methods 4 Closed
Waitaki River downstream of State Highway 1 1 Jun – 31 Aug Spinner/fly 2 sports fish
3. 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
4. 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.
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.
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