✨ Fishing Regulations
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 68 — 29 JULY 2016
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.
- Clearwater Lakes with the exception of Lake 3, Lake 4 and Lake 5.
- St Annes Lagoon near Cheviot.
- The tailrace of the Highbank Power Station.
- Within a 100m arc of the outfall of any licensed fish farm, with the exception of the Tentburn Outfall, where fishing for trout and salmon is permitted, but no fishing is allowed on the culvert.
3.2 No licence holder shall fish for coarse fish in the following waters:
- Clearwater Resort fishing lakes.
- Christchurch Groynes lakes.
- Ferrymead Park lakes.
- Westlake near Halswell.
3.3 No licence holder shall fish for salmon in the following waters:
- Cam River and its tributaries upstream of the Smith Street Bridge.
- Hacketts Creek from 1 March to 30 April.
- The Kowhai River and its tributaries from 1 March to 30 April.
- The Kaiapoi River and tributaries upstream of Williams Street Bridge to the confluence with the Cust Main Drain from 1 April – 30 September.
- The Kaiapoi River and tributaries upstream of the confluence with the Cust Main Drain.
- Mandamus River.
- Pahau River.
- Waitohi River.
- Otukaikino/South Branch upstream of the confluence with the Waimakariri River.
- The Western Zone of rivers in the North Canterbury region.
3.4 No person other than a child (aged 12 or under as at 1 October 2016) or junior licence holder (under the age of 18 years as at 1 October 2016) shall fish in the Christchurch Groynes Fishing Lakes or Courtenay Lake at Kaiapoi.
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Authorised Tackle
Scented artificial lures may be used in all waters other than fly-fishing-only waters, when actively retrieved so as to imitate a moving bait fish.
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Coarse Fishing Waters
- Avon River downstream of Barbadoes Street Bridge.
- Forsyth Lake.
- Halswell Canal downstream of Duck Pond Road.
- Kaiapoi Lakes.
- Monopolies Pond.
- Okana River downstream of State Highway 75.
- Halswell River downstream of Seabridge Road.
- Rotokohatu Lake.
- Bait Fishing Waters
6.1 A person may bait fish for trout in the Eastern Zone between 1 October and 30 April only, except at:
6.1.1 Christchurch Groynes Fishing Lakes and Courtenay Lake, where bait fishing is permitted all year for Child and Junior Anglers only.
6.1.2 Selwyn River upstream of State Highway 77 Bridge at Glentunnel, where bait fishing is prohibited all year.
6.2 Bait fishing for trout is prohibited in the Western Zone except at Lake Lyndon where Child and Junior Anglers only may bait fish.
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