Fishing Regulations




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 Ashley Gorge 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

2.1 Except as closed under 3 or restricted elsewhere in this Notice.

Lakes / Rivers Open Season Permitted Method Trout Limit Salmon Limit
Ada River 1 Oct – 30 Apr Spinner/fly
(see 9.1(e)) 1 0
Ashley River, above Ashley Gorge Road Bridge 1 Oct – 30 Apr Spinner/fly
(see 9.1(a)) 1 0
Ashley River, below Ashley Gorge 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
(see 9.1(f)) 1 0
Broken River 3 Nov – 30 Apr Spinner/fly
(see 9.1(b)) 1 0
Cam River, above the Kaiapoi River confluence 1 Oct – 31 Mar All legal methods* 2 2
Cass Hill Stream (Bullock Creek) 1 Oct – 31 Mar Spinner/fly 2 0
Christchurch Groynes Fishing Lakes All year
(see 3.4) All legal methods* 2 2
Coleridge Tailrace 1 Oct – 31 Mar Spinner/fly 2 0
Coleridge, Lake 3 Nov – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 2** 4**
and
1 Jun – 31 Aug
Cora Lynn Stream 1 Oct – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 2 0
Courtenay, Lake All year
(see 3.4) All legal methods* 2 2
Cust River 1 Oct – 30 Apr All legal methods* 2 0
Double Hill Stream and Double Hill Flat Stream 1 Oct – 28 Feb Spinner/fly 2 0


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Online Sources for this page:

Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2012, No 89





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