✨ Fishing Regulations
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 54 — 25 MAY 2017
c. any hybrid of any trout or char.
- Authorised methods—(1) The only authorised methods for fishing for trout in the Taupō District are:
a. fly fishing; and
b. spin fishing.
(2) No person fishing for trout shall use in any water specified in the Schedule any fishing method other than a method specified in the Schedule for that water.
(3) No person shall attempt to foul hook any trout.
(4) Any person who foul hooks a trout shall return it immediately to the water with as little injury as possible.
(5) No person shall fish for trout when wearing or using felt-soled waders or footwear incorporating or having attached a sole of felted, matted or woven fibrous material.
(6) No person shall fish for trout from:
a. the Taupō Boat Harbour wharf or Taupō Boat Harbour jetties;
b. the control gates bridge over the Waikato River at Taupō; or
c. the bridge over the Tokaanu Tailrace Canal which is part of State Highway 41.
- Authorised tackle—(1) No person may use bait when fishing for trout in the Taupō District.
(2) When playing a trout, a person may use a landing net to secure or land that fish.
(3) No person when fishing for trout shall:
a. take trout by any means other than with one rod and running line;
b. use a gaff to secure or land a trout;
c. use any net, trap, wire netting, or similar device, except as provided for in subclause (2) of this clause;
d. use any spear or similar implement, or spear gun;
e. use any hook which has a distance greater than 14mm between the point and the shank;
f. use any lure having attached to it more than one hook or a hook that is not a single-pointed or single-barbed hook;
g. use more than three lures;
h. use any fish-attracting electronic device;
i. use any lure treated with any fish attractant or chemical preparation other than that used solely to control the buoyancy of an artificial fly; or
j. use any preparation not attached to a lure to attract fish.
(4) No person fishing for trout in waters reserved for fly fishing (as set out in the Schedule) shall add to or attach to any fly line, leader, or fly:
a. any bare hook, spinner or bait;
b. anything made from lead, glass, plastic, or other material to facilitate casting or to increase the buoyancy of the line; or
c. any sinker or other weight,
but may attach a strike indicator and may add weight to the leader to facilitate sinking. Weight added to the leader may only be in the form of split shot made from lead, bismuth or tungsten.
- Daily bag limits—(1) The maximum number of trout that may be taken from waters in the Taupō District by one person in a single day (the daily bag limit) is as set out in the Schedule.
(2) No person shall on any one day take and keep more than the daily bag limit for trout, and no person shall continue to fish on any day on which he or she has already taken and kept the daily bag limit for trout.
- Minimum fish length to be taken—(1) The minimum length of trout that may be taken from waters in the Taupō District is set out in the Schedule.
(2) A person taking a trout of a length less than that set out in the Schedule must, whether it is alive or dead, immediately return it into the water from which it was taken.
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