Fishing Regulations




1 AUGUST 2014 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 83

Water Body Season Method(s) Daily Bag Limit (Trout) Daily Bag Limit (Salmon)
Cass Hill Stream (Bullock Creek) 1 Oct – 31 Mar FS 2 0
Coleridge Tailrace 1 Oct – 31 Mar FS 2 0
Cora Lynn Stream 1 Oct – 31 Mar FS 2 0
Double Hill Stream & Double Hill Flat Stream 1 Oct – 28 Feb FS 2 0
Doubtful River 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Esk River 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 2 0
Glenariffe Stream 1 Oct – 28 Feb FS 2 0
Goat Hill Stream 1 Oct – 28 Feb FS 2 0
Harper River including diversion and tributaries 1 Dec – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Henry River 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Hope River 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Hurunui River, upstream of Lake Sumner 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Hurunui River, between Lake Sumner and South Branch confluence 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 2 0
Hurunui River, South Branch 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Hydra Waters, including Titan Stream 1 Oct – 28 Feb FS 2 0
Lake Stream 1 Oct – 31 Mar FS 2 0
Lewis River 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Manuka Point Stream 1 Oct – 28 Feb FS 2 0
Nina River 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Porter River 1 Nov – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Poulter River 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 2 0
Rakaia River, upstream of Coleridge Tailrace confluence 1 Oct – 31 Mar FS 2 0
Ryton River 1 Dec – 30 Apr FS 2 0
Selwyn River, upstream of State Highway 77 Bridge (at Glentunnel) 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 n/a
Slovens Creek 1 Nov – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Waiau River, upstream of Hope River confluence 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Waimakariri River, upstream of Staircase Stream confluence 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 2 0
Wilberforce Diversion 1 Dec – 30 Apr FS 2 0
Wilberforce River 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 2 0
Winding Creek 10 Dec – 31 Mar FS 2 0

2.2 All lakes, rivers and streams in the Eastern Zone not mentioned in clause 2 for this region:
1 October to 30 April All legal methods 2 trout, 2 salmon

2.3 All lakes in the Western Zone not mentioned in clause 2 for this region:
1 November to 30 April Spinner, fly 2 trout

2.4 All tributaries of Western Zone lakes not mentioned in clause 2 for this region:
1 December to 30 April Spinner, fly 2 trout

3. CLOSED WATERS

3.1 No-one 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.


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