✨ Fishing Regulations
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 76 — 28 JULY 2017
Lake trout or char.
Atlantic salmon.
Quinnat or chinook salmon.
Sockeye salmon.
Perch.
Tench.
Rudd (Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game Region only).
Any hybrid of the above species.
3. Authorised Tackle
3.1 No licence holder shall fish for trout or salmon except by using a rod and running line and authorised lure (as defined in clause 7 of this First Schedule).
3.2 Nets and gaffs:
3.2.1 When playing a sports fish, a landing net may be used to secure or land that fish.
3.2.2 For keeping coarse fish alive, a keep net may be used in the water from which the fish was caught.
3.2.3 No licence holder shall use a gaff to secure or land a sports fish except where provided for in the Second Schedule of this notice.
3.3 No licence holder when fishing for sports fish shall:
3.3.1 Use more than 1 assembled rod and running line.
3.3.2 Use more than 3 artificial flies or spinners.
3.3.3 Use more than 1 bait assembly.
3.3.4 Be more than 15m from the rod being used.
3.3.5 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.
3.3.6 Use any preparation not attached to a lure to attract fish except when fishing for coarse fish in coarse fishing waters.
3.4 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.
4. Foul Hooking of Fish
4.1 No licence holder shall attempt to foul hook any sports fish.
4.2 Any licence holder who foul hooks a sports fish shall return it immediately to the water with as little injury as possible.
5. 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.
6. Open Season
No licence holder shall fish for any sports fish except during an open season.
7. Daily Bag Limits
7.1 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 bag limits for that species except where provided for in the Second Schedule.
7.2 It shall be permissible to make up the difference between a lesser bag limits prescribed in one place and a higher bag limits prescribed in another if the extra fish are taken in the area with the higher bag limit.
8. Authorised Lures
Authorised lures (subject to any regional restrictions specified in the Second Schedule) are:
Artificial fly.
Spinner.
Bait.
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