✨ Fishing Regulations
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 68 — 29 JULY 2016
2.3.3 Use more than one bait assembly.
2.3.4 Be more than 15m from the rod being used.
2.3.5 Use in waters, other than those where bait fishing is permitted, any lure treated with any chemical preparation other than that used solely to control the buoyancy of an artificial fly, except where stated otherwise in the Second Schedule of this notice.
2.3.6 Use any preparation not attached to a lure to attract fish except when fishing for coarse fish in coarse fishing waters.
2.4 No person shall fish for sports fish by using felt-soled waders or footwear incorporating or having attached a sole of felted, matted or woven fibrous material when sports fishing.
3. Foul Hooking of Fish
3.1 No licence holder shall attempt to foul hook any sports fish.
3.2 Any licence holder who foul hooks a sports fish shall return it immediately to the water with as little injury as possible.
4. Fish Length
Every licence holder who catches a sports fish which does not exceed the specified minimum length, or exceeds the specified maximum length, shall immediately return it with as little injury as possible into the water from which it was taken.
5. Open Season
No licence holder shall fish for any sports fish except during an open season.
6. Daily Limit Bags
6.1 No licence holder shall continue to fish for a particular species of sports fish on any day in which he or she has already killed the limit bag for that species except where provided for in the Second Schedule.
6.2 It shall be permissible to make up the difference between a lesser limit bag prescribed in one place and a higher limit bag prescribed in another if the extra fish are taken in the area with the higher bag limit.
7. Authorised Lures
Authorised lures (subject to any regional restrictions specified in the Second Schedule) are:
- Artificial fly.
- Spinner.
- Bait.
Second Schedule
Northland Fish and Game Region
Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 24 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861.
1. Definitions
See First Schedule.
2. Open Season
2.1 All lakes and reservoirs in region.
All year
2.2 Wairua River (excluding tributaries) downstream of its confluence of the Waiotu and Whakapara Rivers.
All year
2.3 All rivers and streams in region.
1 October to 30 April
3. Closed Waters
No restrictions.
4. Authorised Tackle
See First Schedule.
5. Fly Fishing Only Waters
No restrictions.
6. Bait Fishing Waters
6.1 Bait fishing (as defined in the First Schedule) is permitted in all lakes and reservoirs.
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