Local Fishing Regulations

3. CLOSED SEASON
3.1 No licence holder shall fish for sports fish in the following waters:

• Aviemore spawning race.
• Awakino River.
• Kauru River.
• Tinwald Domain Pond if the holder of other than a child’s licence.

3.2 No licence holder shall fish for sea run salmon in the following waters:

• Lake Stream.
• Ashburton River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April.
• Opihi River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April.
• Opuha River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April.
• Orari River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April.
• Rangitata River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April.
• Rangitata River and tributaries upstream of Turn Again Point and shown by the white posts on the riverbank between 1 March and 30 April.
• Waitaki River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April.

3.3 No licence holder shall fish for trout in the following waters:

• Rangitata River and tributaries upstream of Turn Again Point and shown by the white posts on the riverbank between 1 April and 30 April.
• Lake Stream between 1 April and 30 April.

3.4 No licence holder shall fish for sockeye salmon in any river or stream between 1 March and 30 April.

4. AUTHORISED TACKLE
4.1 No licence holder when fishing for sports fish shall use any unsportsmanlike device or method.

4.2 No licence holder shall continue to fish on any day after having foul hooked three sports fish, even though any such sports fish have been returned immediately in accordance with the First Schedule of this notice.

4.3 A licence holder when fishing for sports fish in the Rangitata River or its tributaries:

4.3.1 may use, seaward of a line drawn between the 2 poles situated near the upstream limit of the estuarine area, an artificial fly only if the total weight of everything attached to the cast does not exceed 28g.

4.3.2 may cast other than from the reel or retrieve other than by winding the reel only when using bait or fly fishing, or when fishing with an artificial fly seaward of a line drawn between the 2 poles situated near the upstream limit of the estuarine area.

4.4 Down riggers, paravanes, metal cored or wire lines and weights to assist sinking of trolled lures are prohibited in Lake Alexandrina.

5. COARSE FISHING WATERS

• Centennial Park Lake (Timaru).
• Island Stream.
• Saltwater Creek.
• Waiareka Stream.

6. USE OF BOATS
6.1 Fishing from boats is prohibited in:

• Lake Camp.
• Lake Denny.
• Lake Donn.
• Lake Emily.
• Kellands Pond.
• Lake Roundabout.
• Lake Spider.
• Wairepo Arm of Lake Ruataniwha.

That part of the region seaward of the Rangitata River mouth, except from an anchored boat between the hours of 7.00am and 9.00pm on any day at a seaward distance greater than 200m from the nearest shore at low tide. The seaward boundary of the Central South Island Region around the Rangitata River mouth is a line drawn at a distance of 500m from any place where at low tide the waters of the river meet the waters of the sea.

6.2 Fishing from any unmoored boat is prohibited in:

• Lake Emma.
• Lake MacGregor.
• Lake Middleton.
• Maori Lakes.

7. FISH LENGTH
The minimum length for salmon killed in waters of the region shall be 300mm except in Lake Heron where the minimum length shall be 250mm and the maximum length shall be 450mm.