✨ Fishing Regulations
30 JULY 2012 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 89 2455
| River/Stream | Season | Fishing Method | Bag Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taringamotu | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | Spinner/artificial fly | 5 |
| Tawarau | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | 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 | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | Spinner/artificial fly | 5 |
| Waiomou | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | Spinner/artificial fly | 5 |
| Waione | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | 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 | 5 |
| • above Toa Bridge | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | Spinner/artificial fly | 5 |
| Waipare (upper Waihou) | All year | Spinner/artificial fly | No limit* |
| Waipari | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | Spinner/artificial fly | 5 |
| Wairoa | All year | Spinner/artificial fly | 5 |
| Waitawheta | |||
| • below end of Franklin Road | All year | Spinner/artificial fly | 2 |
| • above end of Franklin Road | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | Spinner/artificial fly | 2 |
| Waitekauri | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | Spinner/artificial fly | 2 |
| Waiwawa | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | Spinner/artificial fly | 5 |
| Whanganui | |||
| • below Whakapapa River | All year | All legal lures/baits | 5 |
| • above Whakapapa River | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | Spinner/artificial fly | 2 |
| Whakapapa | |||
| • below Piopiotea Stream | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | Spinner/artificial fly | 2 brown |
| • above Piopiotea Stream | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | Spinner/artificial fly | 0 rainbow |
| Whakapapa-iti | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | Spinner/artificial fly | 2 brown |
| 0 rainbow | |||
| Whakapapa-nui | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | Spinner/artificial fly | 2 brown |
| 0 rainbow | |||
| Whangamarino | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | No bait restrictions | 5 |
| All other rivers/streams not mentioned in Sections 2 and 3 | 1 Oct – 30 Jun | 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).
3. 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.
Next Page →
NZ Gazette 2012, No 89
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🌾
Anglers' Notice for Fish and Game Regions
(continued from previous page)
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesAnglers, Fishing, Fish and Game Regions, Notice, Conservation Act 1987, Freshwater Fisheries Regulations 1983, Definitions, Coarse Fish, Fly Fishing, Spin Fishing, Sports Fish