✨ Fishing Regulations




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 76 β€” 28 JULY 2017

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.

6.3 Bait fishing for salmon is prohibited except in the:

6.3.1 Courtenay Lake all year for Child and Junior Anglers only.

6.3.2 Kaiapoi River below the confluence with the Cust Main Drain between 1 October and 31 March

6.3.3 The Christchurch Groynes Fishing Lakes all year for Child and Junior Anglers only.

6.3.4 Use of scented artificial lures for salmon fishing provided the lure is actively retrieved to imitate a moving bait fish.

  1. Use of Boats

7.1 Fishing from boats which are simultaneously being propelled by a motor (trolling) is permitted in:

  • All rivers.
  • Lake Coleridge.
  • Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora).
  • Lake Forsyth (Te Wairewa).
  • Lake Lyndon.
  • Lake Sumner.
  • Lake Taylor.
  • Loch Katrine.

7.2 Fishing from boats which are not simultaneously being propelled by a motor is permitted in:

  • All rivers.
  • All eastern zone lakes.
  • Lake Coleridge.
  • Lake Evelyn.
  • Lake Georgina.
  • Lake Grasmere.
  • Lake Hawdon.
  • Lake Henrietta.
  • Loch Katrine.
  • Lake Letitia.
  • Lake Lilian.
  • Lake Lyndon.
  • Lake Pearson.
  • Lake Selfe.
  • Lake Sumner.
  • Lake Sheppard.
  • Lake Sarah
  • Lake Taylor.
  1. Daily Bag Limits

8.1 No licence holder shall take or kill more than one tench from the coarse fishing waters named in clause 5 for this region.

8.2 In addition to the daily bag limits described in clauses 2 and 8.1 for this region, on any one day a licence holder is only permitted to take, kill or be in possession of no more than four sports fish caught that day, of which no more than two may be salmon.



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