Fishing Regulations




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 85 — 31 JULY 2015

Lake Moeraki.

Lake Paringa.

In all other waters there shall be no minimum length.

North Canterbury Fish and Game Region

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

1. Definitions

For interpretation of terms, refer to the First Schedule of this notice or the Freshwater Fisheries Regulations 1983.

1.1 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 the south bank of the Rakaia River (on Double Hill Road visible from the river) to a white post on the north bank (near the Coleridge Power Station tailrace), to the confluence of 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, Permitted Methods, Daily Bag Limits

2.1 Except as closed under clause 3 for this region or restricted elsewhere in this notice.

Anglers please note: The tables below are to be read in conjunction with the following clauses for this region.

Clause 3 for waters where anglers are not allowed to fish.

Clause 5 for waters recognised as coarse fishing waters.

Clause 6 for further restrictions on bait fishing where “FSB” are allowed.

Clause 8 for further restrictions of daily bag limits.

Clause 9.1 for further restrictions on maximum fish lengths allowed.

Permitted Methods definition

F = Fly fishing only

FS = Fly or Spin fishing only

FSB = Fly, Spin or Bait fishing permitted

Lakes Open Season Permitted Methods Trout Limit Salmon Limit
Blackwater, Lake 10 Dec – 30 Apr FS 2 n/a
Christchurch Groynes Fishing Lakes – the four ponds at the western end of the Groynes reserve signposted as designated fishing lakes All year FSB 2 2
Coleridge, Lake 7 Nov – 30 Apr and 1 Jun – 31 Aug FS 2 4
Courtenay, Lake All year FSB 2 2
Ellesmere, Lake 1 Oct – 30 Apr FSB 2 2
Evelyn, Lake 7 Nov – 30 Apr FS 2 n/a
Forsyth, Lake All year FSB 2 n/a
Georgina, Lake 7 Nov – 30 Apr FS 2 n/a
Grasmere, Lake 7 Nov – 30 Apr FS 2 n/a
Guyon, Lake 7 Nov – 30 Apr FS 2 n/a
Hawdon, Lake 7 Nov – 30 Apr FS 2 n/a


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