New Zealand Gazette – 2012 – No. 89

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✨ Fishing Regulations



30 JULY 2012 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 89
Winding Creek***** 3 Nov – 31 Mar Spinner/fly 2 0
Waitohi River 1 Oct – 30 Apr Spinner/fly 2 0

Notes to above table:

See section 6 for further restrictions on bait fishing for sports fish.
See section 8 for further restrictions of daily bag limits.
See section 3.3 re Salmon season closure in Kaiapoi River above Williams Street Bridge.
**See section 9.1(h) re 450mm maximum Salmon length for Lake Sumner.
***Access to Winding Creek is subject to Flock Hill Station conditions.

2.2

All lakes, rivers and streams in the Eastern Zone not mentioned in Section 2:

1 October to 30 April All legal methods 2 trout, 2 salmon

2.3

All lakes in the Western Zone not mentioned in Section 2:

3 November to 30 April Spinner, fly 2 trout

2.4

All tributaries of Western Zone lakes not mentioned in Section 2:

1 December to 30 April Spinner, fly 2 trout

3. CLOSED WATERS

3.1

No licence holder shall fish for sports fish in the following waters:

  • Avon River between the Armagh Street Bridge at Hagley Park and the Barbadoes Street Bridge.
  • St Annes Lagoon near Cheviot.
  • The tailrace of the Highbank Power Station.
  • Within 100m of the outfall of any licensed fish farm.
  • In Lake Coleridge within 100m of any inflowing tributary 1 Jun – 31 Aug (Winter Season).

3.2

No licence holder shall fish for coarse fish in the following waters:

  • Clearwater Resort fishing lakes.
  • Ferrymead Park lakes.
  • Christchurch Groynes lakes.
  • Westlake near Halswell.

3.3

No licence holder shall fish for salmon in the following waters:

  • Hacketts Creek from 1 March to 30 April.
  • The Kowai River and its tributaries from 1 March to 30 April.
  • The Kaiapoi River and tributaries upstream of the Williams Street Bridge after 31 March.
  • Mandamus River.
  • Pahau River.
  • Waitohi River.
  • Otukaikino/South Branch upstream from Dickeys Road Bridge.
  • The Western Zone of rivers within this designated zone in the North Canterbury region.

3.4

No person other than a child or junior licence holder under the age of 18 years as at 1 October 2013 shall fish in the Christchurch Groynes Fishing Lakes or Courtenay Lake at Kaiapoi.



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