Fishing Regulations




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 121

18 AUGUST 2009

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 a white post (on Double Hill Road visible from the river) on the south bank of the Rakaia River, to a white post on the north bank (near the Coleridge Power Station tailrace), 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 1 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 1 0
Broken River 7 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 7 Nov – 30 Apr and 1 June – 31 Aug Spinner/fly 2** 4**
Cora Lynn Stream 1 Oct – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 2 0
Courtenay, Lake All year All legal methods 2 2
Cust River 1 Oct – 30 Apr All legal methods* 2 0
Double Hill Stream and Double Hill Flat Stream Closed None 0 0
Doubtful River 1 Oct – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 1 0


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