✨ Fishing Regulations




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 68 β€” 29 JULY 2016

Waihou

  • below Okoroire Falls All year All legal lures/baits 5
  • above Okoroire Falls All year Spinner/artificial fly No limit*

Waikato All year All legal lures/baits 5

Waimakariri All year Spinner/artificial fly No limit*

Waimiha 1 Oct - 30 Jun Spinner/artificial fly 5

Waiomou 1 Oct - 30 Jun Spinner/artificial fly 5

Waione 1 Oct - 30 Jun Spinner/artificial fly 5

Waipa

  • downstream of State Highway 3 Bridge at Otorohanga All year All legal lures/baits 5
  • between State Highway 3 Bridge and Toa Bridge All year Spinner/artificial fly 5
  • upstream of Toa Bridge 1 Oct - 30 Jun Spinner/artificial fly 5

Waipare (upper Waihou) All year Spinner/artificial fly No limit*

Waipari 1 Oct - 30 Jun Spinner/artificial fly 5

Wairoa All year Spinner/artificial fly 5

Waitawheta

  • downstream of end of Franklin Road All year Spinner/artificial fly 2
  • upstream of end of Franklin Road 1 Oct - 30 Jun Spinner/artificial fly 2

Waitekauri 1 Oct - 30 Jun Spinner/artificial fly 2

Waiwawa 1 Oct - 30 Jun Spinner/artificial fly 5

Whanganui

  • downstream of Whakapapa River confluence All year All legal lures/baits 5
  • upstream of Whakapapa River confluence 1 Oct - 30 Jun Spinner/artificial fly 2

Whakapapa

  • downstream of Piopiotea Stream confluence 1 Oct - 30 Jun Spinner/artificial fly 2
  • upstream of Piopiotea Stream confluence 1 Oct - 30 Jun Spinner/artificial fly 2 brown
    0 rainbow

Whakapapa-iti 1 Oct - 30 Jun Spinner/artificial fly 2 brown
0 rainbow

Whakapapa-nui 1 Oct - 30 Jun Spinner/artificial fly 2 brown
0 rainbow

Whangamarino 1 Oct - 30 Jun No bait restrictions 5

All other rivers/streams not mentioned in clauses 2 and 3 for this region 1 Oct - 30 Jun Spinner/artificial fly 5

*Where there is no bag limit, only two of these trout may be greater than 30cm in length (refer to clause 10 for this region).

3. Closed Waters

3.1 No licence holder shall take (or attempt to take) sports fish from all rivers, streams and their tributaries which flow into but not including Lake Arapuni, Lake Waipapa and Lake Karapiro, and that part of the Waikato River downstream of the Maraetai Dam to upstream of the Karapiro Dam.



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