✨ Fishing Regulations




12 AUGUST 2011 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 124 3459

4.3 A licence holder when fishing for sports fish in the Rangitata River or its tributaries:

4.3.1 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.

4.3.2 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.

4.4 Down riggers, paravanes, metal cored or wire lines and weights to assist sinking of trolled lures are prohibited in Lake Alexandrina.

  1. COARSE FISHING WATERS

Centennial Park Lake (Timaru).
Island Stream.
Saltwater Creek.
Waiareka Stream.

  1. USE OF BOATS

6.1 Fishing from boats is prohibited in:

Lake Camp.
Lake Denny.
Lake Donn.
Lake Emily.
Kellands Pond.
Lake Roundabout.
Lake Spider.
Wairepo Arm of Lake Ruataniwha.
That part of the region seaward of the Rangitata River mouth, except from an anchored boat between the hours of 7.00am and 9.00pm on any day at a seaward distance greater than 200m from the nearest shore at low tide. The seaward boundary of the Central South Island Region around the Rangitata River mouth is a line drawn at a distance of 500m from any place where at low tide the waters of the river meet the waters of the sea.

6.2 Fishing from any unmoored boat is prohibited in:

Lake Emma.
Lake MacGregor.
Lake Middleton.
Maori Lakes.

  1. FISH LENGTH

The minimum length for salmon killed in waters of the region shall be 300mm except in Lake Heron where the minimum length shall be 250mm and the maximum length shall be 450mm.



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