Fishing Regulations




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 85 — 31 JULY 2015

Location Season Legal Methods Bag Limit
Waingongoro River downstream of State Highway 45 Bridge 1 Oct – 30 Sep All legal lures/baits 4
Waiongana Stream upstream of State Highway 3 Devon Road Bridge 1 Oct – 30 Apr All legal lures/baits 2
Waiongana Stream downstream of State Highway 3 Devon Road Bridge 1 Oct – 30 Sep All legal lures/baits 2
Waitaiki Stream upstream of State Highway 49 Bridge 1 Oct – 30 Jun All legal lures/baits 4
Waitaiki Stream downstream of State Highway 49 Bridge 1 Oct – 30 Sep All legal lures/baits 4
Waitara River downstream of Manganui River confluence 1 Oct – 30 Sep All legal lures/baits 2
Waiwhakaiho River upstream of the end of Rimu Street extension walking track 1 Oct – 30 Apr All legal lures/baits 2
Waiwhakaiho River downstream of the end of Rimu Street extension walking track 1 Oct – 30 Sep All legal lures/baits 2
Warea River upstream of State Highway 45 Bridge 1 Oct – 30 Apr All legal lures/baits 2
Warea River downstream of State Highway 45 Bridge 1 Oct – 30 Sep All legal lures/baits 2
Whanganui River downstream of Ohura River confluence, excluding tributaries 1 Oct – 30 Sep All legal lures/baits 4
Wiritoa, Lake 1 Oct – 30 Sep All legal lures/baits 2

Bag limits denoted by 2* mean that no licence holder shall kill more than one brown trout within a daily bag limit of two trout.

3. Closed Waters

No licence holder shall take (or attempt to take) sports fish from the following waters:

Virginia Lake.

4. Authorised Tackle

Electronic lures that attract, but do not incapacitate, target species can be used to fish for sports fish within the Taranaki Fish and Game Region.

5. Coarse Fishing Waters

There are no defined coarse fishing waters in the Taranaki Fish and Game Region.

6. Use of Boats

No licence holder shall fish for sports fish from a boat in Lake Mangamahoe, including the Waiwhakaiho inlet.

7. Daily Limit Bag

In addition to the daily bag limits described in clause 2 for this region, there shall be no limit on the number of perch killed by a licence holder.

8. Hours of Fishing

There is no restriction on the hours of fishing in the Taranaki Fish and Game Region.

9. Fish Length

There is no length limit for sports fish caught in the Taranaki Fish and Game Region.

Wellington Fish and Game Region

Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 24 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861.

1. Definitions

See First Schedule.



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