✨ Fishing Regulations
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 68 — 29 JULY 2016
Whitestone River between the Prospect Bridge and the Mararoa confluence 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1
3. Closed Waters
3.1 No person shall take (or attempt to take) sports fish from the following waters:
That portion of Lake Manapouri which lies within 100m of any part of the Real Journeys Company’s Tourist Centre, Pearl Harbour, Manapouri.
That portion of Lake Te Anau that lies within 100m of any part of the wharf of the Real Journeys Company’s office in the township of Te Anau.
Those portions of the Waiau River, Mararoa River and the Waiau Arm of Lake Manapouri that are within 100m of the control gates on the Manapouri Lake Control structure, also known as the Mararoa Weir.
3.2 No person shall take (or attempt to take) salmon from any river during the months of April and May.
4. Authorised Tackle
Refer First Schedule.
4.1 Scented artificial lures may be used in all waters other than fly fishing only waters, when actively fished so as to imitate a bait fish.
4.2 Molluscs or parts of molluscs may be used in bait fishing waters.
5. Fly Fishing Only Waters
Refer clause 2 for this region.
6. Bait Fishing Not Permitted
Refer clause 2 for this region.
7. Coarse Fishing Waters
None.
8. Use of Boats
8.1 No person shall fish from any motorised boat (including electric motors) in Lake Thomas and South Lake Mavora.
8.2 No person shall fish from any boat or any form of flotation device in:
The Eglinton River.
The Mataura River upstream from the Mataura Island Bridge.
The Oreti River upstream of the State Highway 94 Bridge just north of Lumsden.
The Waikaia River.
9. Daily Limit Bags
9.1 Subject to clause 3.2 for this region, no person shall in any one day take, kill or be in possession of more than one salmon from any waters of the region.
9.2 With the exception of perch for which there is no limit, no person shall on any one day take, kill or be in possession of more than four sports fish.
10. Fish Length
No restriction on all waters.
11. Southland Backcountry Fishery
11.1 Definition:
Backcountry fishery in this region means:
The Ettrick Burn backcountry fishery.
11.2 All anglers who fish in the backcountry fishery (as defined by the Sports Fish Licences, Fees, and Forms Notice 2016) must obtain a backcountry licence (as defined by the Sports Fish Licences, Fees, and Forms Notice 2016) and the provisions of that notice apply to this notice.
Controlled area
11.3 Definitions:
controlled area means the Ettrick Burn from its confluence with Lake Te Anau to the upstream limit of Log
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