The information presented here is not meant to be taken as a complete statement
of the law. Please refer to the South Island regulations booklet supplied with
your fishing licence or view
an online booklet at the Fish & Game New Zealand website.
Scented artificial lures may be used in all waters other than fly-fishing-only waters, when actively fished so as to imitate a moving
bait fish.
No person may take salmon from any river between the hours
of 11pm and 4am in December and January, and between
10pm and 5am for any other month of the year. All salmon fishing in all rivers will be closed from May 1 to September 30.
No person may take salmon or trout under the size of 300 mm from any river or lake. During the winter months, the bag limit for salmon and trout is zero (catch and release only is allowed)
|
Season |
Size limit |
Bag limit |
Methods allowed |
General
rules |
Eastern and Western
zones |
Within 100m of the outfall of any licensed fish farm |
Closed |
300mm or larger |
N/A |
N/A |
Eastern zone |
All lakes, rivers and streams in the eastern zone not
mentioned below |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
|
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only.
Fishing from boats, including both boats that are mechanically propelled
(trolling) and those that are not, is permitted. |
Note: All rivers and waterways downstream of State Highway 1 are closed from 1 May until 30 Sept. |
Western zone |
All lakes in the western zone not mentioned below |
1 Nov -30 Apr |
|
Trout: 2
Salmon:N/A |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Time restrictions apply in those western zone
lakes that are open between 1 June and 31 August. Fishing is permitted
between 5am and 12 midnight only. |
All tributaries of lakes in the western zone not mentioned
below |
1 Dec-30 Apr
Closed to salmon fishing
|
|
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Artificial fly, spinner |
All Western zone rivers not mentioned below |
Trout: 1 Oct-30 Apr
Closed to salmon fishing |
300mm or larger |
Trout: 4 |
No bait fishing permitted.
Fishing from boats, including both boats that are mechanically propelled
(trolling) and those that are not, is permitted. |
Fishing
waters |
Acheron River (which flows from Lake Lyndon) |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
300mm or larger |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Ada River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
Maximum
400mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Ashley River above Ashley Gorge Bridge |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
Maximum
400mm |
Trout: 1
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Ashley River below the western boundary limit |
All year |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2
Zero limit from 1 May to Sept 30 |
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing for trout only.
|
Avon River
above the Armagh Street bridge |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Avon River between the Armagh and Barbadoes Street bridges |
Closed |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Avon River below the Barbadoes Street bridge |
All year |
Trout and Salmon: None
Tench 150mm maximum
|
Total sportsfish: 4 with max of of 2 trout, 2 salmon and 1 tench
|
Artificial fly, spinner, bait.
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing for trout only. |
Blackwater Lake |
10 Dec -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner
Boat fishing is not permitted |
Boyle River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
400mm maximum |
Trout: 1
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Broken River and its tributaries (except Winding Creek which
is closed) |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
Maximum
400mm |
Trout: 1
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Cam River above the Smith St Bridge |
1 Oct-30 April |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: Nil |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait.
Trout fishing only. Salmon fishing is not permitted. |
Cam River below the Smith St Bridge to the confluence with the Kaiapoi River |
1 Oct-30 April |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 1 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait.
Trout fishing only. |
Cass Hill Stream (Bullock Creek) |
1 Oct-31 Mar |
N/A |
Trout 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner. |
Catherine (Monck), Lake |
1 Nov-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Flyfishing only.
Boat fishing is not permitted. |
Christchurch Groynes Fishing Lakes |
All year to licence holders under
18 years as at 1 Oct.
(Closed to licence holders aged over 18 years).
Closed to coarse fishing. |
None |
|
Artificial fly, spinner, bait.
Bait fishing for both trout and salmon is permitted.
Fishing from boats not being mechanically propelled is permitted.
|
Clearwater Resort fishing lakes 3, 4 and 5. |
1 Oct-30 Apr
Closed to coarse fishing
|
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2
|
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only.
Fishing from boats is permitted. |
Clearwater Resort lakes except for 3, 4 and 5. |
Closed |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Coleridge, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr
1 Jun-31 Aug
(Closed May and September each year)
|
None |
Total sportsfish: 4 of which
only 2 can be trout |
Artificial fly, spinner
Fishing from boats not being mechanically propelled
is permitted.
Fishing from boats being mechanically propelled
(trolling) is also permitted. |
Coleridge Tailrace |
1 Oct - 31 Mar |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Cora Lynn Stream |
1 Oct - 30 April |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Courtney Lake |
All year to licence holders under 17 years as at 1 Oct.
(Closed to licence holders aged over 17 years). |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait
Fishing from boats not being mechanically propelled is permitted.
|
Cust River |
1 Oct -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only |
Double Hill Stream |
1 Oct -28 Feb |
N/A |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner. |
Double Hill Flat Streams |
1 Oct -28 Feb |
N/A |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner. |
Doubtful River |
1 Oct -30 Apr |
400mm maximum |
Trout: 1
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner. |
Ellesmere, Lake
(Te Waihora) |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only.
Fishing from boats being mechanically propelled is permitted (trolling). |
Esk River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Evelyn, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Fishing from boats not being mechanically propelled is permitted.
|
Ferrymead Park lakes |
Closed |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Forsyth, Lake |
All year |
Trout: None
Tench: 150mm maximum |
Total sportsfish: 4 of which only 2 can be trout
and 1 tench |
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing for trout only.
Fishing from boats being mechanically propelled (trolling) is permitted. |
Georgina, Lake |
|
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner
Fishing from boats not being mechanically propelled is permitted.
|
Glenariffe Stream |
1 Oct -28 Feb |
N/A |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner. |
Goat Hill Stream |
1 Oct-31 Mar |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Grasmere, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Fishing from boats is not permitted |
Groynes Fishing Lakes, Christchurch |
All year to licence holders under
18 years.
Closed to licence holders aged 17 years and over.
Closed to coarse fishing. |
None |
|
Artificial fly, spinner, bait.
Fishing from boats not being mechanically propelled is permitted. |
Guyon, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Fishing from boats is not permitted |
Hackett's Creek |
Trout: 1 Oct-30 Apr
Salmon: 1 Oct-28 Feb (closed 1 March-30 April)
|
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a
(no salmon present before end of Feb)
|
Artificial fly, spinner |
Halswell Canal above the Duck Pond Road Bridge |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner Bait fishing. |
Halswell Canal below the Duck Pond Road Bridge |
All year |
Trout: None
Tench:150mm maximum
|
Total sportsfish: 4 of which only 2 can be trout and 1 tench
|
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing permitted |
Halswell River above the Seabridge Rd Bridge |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing permitted |
Halswell Canal below the Seabridge Rd Bridge |
All year |
Trout: None
Tench:150mm maximum
|
Total sportsfish: 4 of which only 2 can be trout and 1 tench
|
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing permitted |
Harper River including diversion and tributaries |
1 Dec-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 1
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Harts Creek |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Hawdon, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Boat fishing is not permitted |
Hawkins River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Heathcote River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Henrietta, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Fishing from boats not being mechanically propelled is permitted.
|
Henry River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Highbank Power Station tailrace |
Closed |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Hope River and its tributaries the Boyle, Lewis and
Nina Rivers. |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
400mm maximum |
Trout: 1
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Hororata River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Hurunui River above Lake Sumner |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
Maximum
400mm |
Trout: 1
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Hurunui River between Lake Sumner and South Branch confluence |
1 Oct -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Hurunui River below the South Branch confluence |
All year |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing for trout only. |
Hurunui River, South Branch |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
Maximum
400mm |
Trout: 1
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Hurunui River below SH1 |
1 May - 30 Sept |
Closed |
Hydra Waters: Access is limited to roughly 3km of
the stream. The upper reaches of the stream system are on private
land and Mt Algidus Station have closed it to all anglers. |
1 Oct-28 Feb |
N/A |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner. |
Ida, Lake and Little Lake Ida |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Flyfishing only.
The use of boats or any floatation device is prohibited |
Irwell River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Kaiapoi Lakes |
All year |
|
Sportfish: 4
Trout: 2
Tench: 1
Salmon: n/a
|
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
All year: Bait fishing for species other than trout
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing for trout permitted. |
Kaiapoi River upstream of Cust Main Drain confluence |
1 Oct-30 April |
250mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner
Bait fishing for trout is permitted
|
Kaiapoi River and tributaries upstream of Williams Street Bridge and below Cost Main Drain |
1 Oct-30 April |
250mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon:1 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Kaiapoi River downstream of Williams Street Bridge |
All year |
250mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 1 |
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
All year: Bait fishing for trout is permitted
1 Oct-31 March and 1 April-30 Sept: Bait fishing for salmon is permitted
|
Kaituna River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only |
Katrine, Loch |
All year |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Fishing from boats being mechanically propelled is permitted.
|
Kowai River and its tributaries |
Trout: 1 Oct-30 Apr
Salmon: 1 Oct-28 Feb (closed 1 March-30 April) |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A (no salmon present before end of Feb) |
Artificial fly, spinner. |
Lake Stream |
1 Oct-31 Mar |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Leader River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Lee Stream |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Letitia, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Lewis River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
400mm maximum |
Trout: 1
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
LII (L2) River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Lilian, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Boat fishing is not permitted |
Loch Katrine |
7 Nov -30 Apr
1 Jun - 30 Sep |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Fishing from boats not being mechanically propelled is permitted.
|
Lyndon, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr
1 Jun - 31 Aug |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait
Fishing from boats not being mechanically propelled is permitted.
|
Mandamas River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Manuka Pt Stream |
1 Oct-28 Feb |
N/A |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Marion, Lake |
Closed |
N/A |
N/A |
None |
Marymere, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Flyfishing only |
Mason, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Minchin, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Monck (Catherine) Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Flyfishing only.
Boat fishing is not permitted |
Monopolies Pond |
All year |
Trout: None
Tench:150mm maximum
|
Total sportfish: 4
Trout: 2
Tench: 1
Salmon: n/a
|
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
All year: Bait fishing for species other than trout
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing for trout permitted. |
Nina River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
400mm maximum |
Trout: 1
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Okana River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
Tench: 150mm maximum |
Total sportsfish: 4 of which only 2 can be trout and 1 tench |
Artificial fly, spinner and bait fishing |
Okuku River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Okuti River |
A1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Otukaikino Creek (South Branch of Waimakariri) above
Dickies Road Bridge |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Otukaikino Creek (South Branch of Waimakariri) between
Dickies Road Bridge and SH1 |
All year |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing for trout only. |
Otukaikino Creek (South Branch of Waimakariri) below SH1 |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Pahau River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Pearson, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr
1 Jun - 30 Sep |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Fishing from boats not being mechanically propelled
is permitted. |
Porter River |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
Maximum
400mm |
Trout: 1
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Poulter River (including the Poulter River East Branch) |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Rakaia River above the Coleridge Tailrace confluence
(in western zone) |
|
|
|
|
Rakaia River below the western zone boundary |
All year |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 from 1 Oct - 30 April
Zero limit from 1 May and Sept 30
|
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing for trout only. |
Rakaia River below SH1 |
1 Oct - 30 April |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing for trout only. |
Rotokahatu, Lake |
All year |
|
Total sportfish: 4
Trout: 2
Tench: 1
Salmon: n/a
|
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
All year: Bait fishing for species other than trout
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing for trout permitted.
Fishing from boats not being mechanically propelled
is permitted. |
Rubicon, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Boat fishing is not permitted. |
Ryton River |
1 Dec-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Saltwater Creek |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Saint Annes' Lagoon
(near Cheviot) |
Closed |
|
N/A |
N/A |
Sarah, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Flyfishing only.
Fishing from boats not being mechanically propelled
is permitted. |
Selfe, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr
1 Jun - 30 Sep |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Fishing from boats not being mechanically propelled
is permitted. |
Selwyn River above the SH77 bridge (Glentunnel) |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 1
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Selwyn River between the Upper Huts and the SH77 bridge
(Glentunnel) |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Selwyn River below the Upper Huts to SH1 |
All year |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing for trout only. |
Selwyn River below SH1 |
1 Oct - 30 April |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Sheppard, Lake |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Flyfishing only.
Boat fishing is not permitted. |
Slovens Creek |
7 Nov -30 Apr |
Maximum
400mm |
Trout: 1
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
South Branch of Waimakariri (Otukaikino Creek) above
Dickies Road Bridge |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
South Branch of Waimakariri (Otukaikino Creek) between
Dickies Road Bridge and SH1 |
All year |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing for trout only. |
Otukaikino Creek (South Branch of Waimakariri) below SH1 |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
St Annes' Lagoon
(near Cheviot) |
Closed |
|
0 |
None |
Styx River above the Marshlands Road Bridge |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Styx River below Marshlands Road Bridge |
All year |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing for trout only. |
Sumner, Lake |
All year |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner
Fishing from boats is permitted, including mechanically propelled
boats (trolling). |
Taylor, Lake |
17 Nov -30 Apr
1 Jun - 30 Sep |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Fishing from boats not being mechanically propelled is permitted.
|
Te Waihora
(Lake Ellesmere) |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only.
Fishing from boats is permitted, including mechanically propelled
boats (trolling). |
Tentburn Stream |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Tentburn Outfall (no angling is permitted from on top of the culvert) |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
|
Waiau River above the Hope River confluence (western
zone) |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
300mm maximum |
Trout: 1
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Waiau River below the western zone boundary |
1 Oct - 30 April |
300mm maximum |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 from 1 Oct - 30 April
Zero limit from 1 May and Sept 30 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Waikari River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Waimakariri River above Staircase Stream confluence
(western zone) |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Waimakariri, South Branch above Dickies Road Bridge |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Waimakariri, South Branch between
Dickies Road Bridge and SH1 |
All year |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing for trout only. |
Waimakariri River below the western boundary |
All year |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 from 1 Oct - 30 April
Zero limit from 1 May and Sept 30
|
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Waipara River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Wairewa River above the Te Oka Bay Road Bridge |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Bait fishing for trout only. |
Wairewa River below the Te Oka Bay Road Bridge |
All year |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: n/a |
All year: Artificial fly, spinner.
1 Oct-30 Apr: Bait fishing for trout only. |
West Lake (near Halswell) |
Closed |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Wilberforce Diversion |
1 Dec-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Wilberforce River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Winding Creek |
10 Dec – 31 Mar |
N/A |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |