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.
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Open season |
Size limits |
Bag limit |
Methods allowed |
General rules |
All fishing waters |
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Because of the risk of spreading the invasive alga didymo, anglers
must clean their fishing gear, waders and boots, especially when moving
between rivers. See Didymo
Biosecurity Alert. |
Foulhooking of fish |
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If any angler foul-hooks three fish in any
one day it will be considered deliberate and they must stop fishing
after the third fish.
(Foul-hook means to hook a sports fish other
than from within the mouth). |
All waters of the region unless otherwise specified below |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait.
Unsportsman like devices or methods are not permitted. |
Any spawning stream |
The season for the catching of sockeye salmon finishes at the end
of February |
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High country tarns or lagoons unless otherwise specified below |
First Saturday in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon: N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Fly fishing only |
Fishing waters |
Ahuriri River and its tributaries upstream
of and including Longslip Creek |
First Sat in Dec-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon: Minimum 300 mm
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Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
This river is affected by didymo. See Didymo
Biosecurity Alert for details. |
Ahuriri River and its tributaries downstream of Longslip Creek except
Omarama Stream |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm
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Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner
This river is affected by didymo. See Didymo
Biosecurity Alert for details. |
Ahuriri River lagoons |
First Sat in Dec-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon: N/A
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Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Flyfishing only.
This river is affected by didymo. See Didymo
Biosecurity Alert for details. |
Alexandrina, Lake and its tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4 (1 brown trout max)
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly and spinner.
Down-riggers, paravanes, metal-cored or wire
lines and weights to assist sinking of trolled lures are prohibited
in this lake. |
Alexandrina, Lake |
1 Jun-31 Jul
(winter season) |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm
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Trout or salmon: 2
Brown trout: 0 |
Ashburton River North Branch and tributaries downstream of Taylors stream junction and Ashburton River downstream of North and South branch junction. |
Trout: 1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit |
Trout: 4 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Salmon: 1 Oct-31 Mar |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Ashburton River South Branch and tributaries upstream
of Taylors Stream junction |
Trout: 1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Salmon: 1 Oct-31 Mar |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Ashburton River South Branch including tributaries downstream
of Taylors Stream junction;
Ashburton River downstream of North and South Branch junction |
Trout: 1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit |
Trout: 4 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Salmon: 1 Oct-31 Mar |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Ashburton River downstream of the SH1 bridge |
1 Jun-31 Aug
(winter season) |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout or slamon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Aviemore, Lake |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Aviemore, Lake tributaries except Deep Stream and Otematata River |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm. |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Aviemore spawning race |
Closed |
Not applicable |
N/A |
None |
Awakino River |
Closed |
Not applicable |
N/A |
None |
Benmore, Lake |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait
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Benmore, Lake tributaries except Tekapo, Ahuriri and Otematapaio
rivers |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Cameron, Loch |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Fly, spin and bait for child licence holders.
Fly spin for other than child licence holders. |
Camp, Lake |
First Sat in Nov -31 May |
Trout: No limit
Salmon N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Fishing from boats is prohibited. |
Centennial Park Lake (Timaru) |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Perch & tench: No limit
Salmon: N/A
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Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait
A coarse
fishing water. |
Clearwater, Lake and its tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Deep Creek (a tributary to the upper Rangitata River on Mt Potts
Station) |
Trout: 1 Oct-31 Mar |
Trout: No limit |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Salmon: 1 Oct-28 Feb |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Deep Stream a tributary of the upper Rangitata River on Forest
Creek, Tui and Mesopotamia stations) |
Trout: 1 Oct-28 Feb |
Trout: No limit |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Salmon: 1 Oct-28 Feb |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Deep Stream and tributaries east of
the bridge where it enters Lake Aviemore |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Denny, Lake and tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner
Fishing from boats is prohibited in the lake. |
Donn, Lake and tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner
Fishing from boats is prohibited in the lake. |
Emily, Lake and tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Fly fishing only.
Fishing from boats is prohibited in the lake. |
Emma, Lake and tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Fishing from an unmoored boat is prohibited in the lake. |
Gray's River |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Artificial fly, spinner. |
Hakataramea River |
Trout: First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
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Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner. |
Salmon: First Sat in Nov -31 Mar |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner. |
Heron, Lake and tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: None
Salmon:
Minimum 250mm
Maximum 450 mm |
Total sports fish: 6
Of which no more than 4 trout |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
High country tarns or lagoons |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Artificial fly, spinner. |
Hinds River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner.
Exception: Child or junior licence holders may use bait. |
Lake Hood |
1 Oct-30 April |
None |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
1 June-31 Aug |
None |
Trout or salmon: 2 total
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Artificial fly, spinner only |
Irishmans Stream |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Island Stream |
1 Oct-30 April |
None |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait
(Designated coarse fishing water) |
Kakanui River and tributaries upstream of Five Forks Bridge |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Kakanui River and tributaries downstream of Five Forks Bridge |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Kauru River |
Closed |
Not applicable |
N/A |
N/A |
Kellands Pond
(Lake Ruataniwha) |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait
Fishing from boats is prohibited. |
Kellands Pond tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Lake Stream |
Trout: 1 Oct-31 Mar
Salmon: Closed |
Trout: No limit
Salmon: N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: Closed |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Larch Stream |
First Sat in Nov -31 Jan |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Loch Cameron |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon: N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Fly fishing only |
Maerewhenua River downstream of SH83 |
1 Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm
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Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Maori Lakes and tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon: N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Fly fishing only.
Fishing from an unmoored boat is prohibited in the lakes. |
Mary Burn |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon: N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Artificial fly, spinner |
McGregor, Lake |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly and spinner.
Fishing from an unmoored boat is prohibited. |
McKenzie hydro canals:
- Tekapo–Pukaki
canal
- Pukaki–Ohau hydro canal
- Ohau Canal from State Highway 8 to Ohau C power station
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All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Total sports fish: 4,
of which no more than 2 to be trout.
No
more than 2 salmon greater than 500mm to be taken. |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Merino, Lake |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon: N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Middleton, Lake |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait
Fishing from an unmoored boat is prohibited. |
Middelton, Lake tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Mystery, Lake and its tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon: N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 0 |
Fly fishing only |
Ohapi Stream |
Trout: First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Salmon: First Sat in Nov-31 Mar |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Ohau lake, canals and river |
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Ohau Canal from State Highway 8 to Ohau C Station |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Total sports fish: 4,
of which no more than 2 to be trout.
No
more than 2 salmon greater than 500mm to be taken from the
McKenzie hydro canals. |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Ohau, Lake |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait
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Ohau, Lake tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Ohau River |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait
This river is affected by didymo. See Didymo
Biosecurity Alert for details. |
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Omarama Stream upstream of the SH8 bridge |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Fly fishing only |
Omarama Stream downstream of the SH8 bridge |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm
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Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Opihi River and its tributaries upstream of the Opuha
River jconfluence |
Salmon: 1 Oct-31 Mar |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Opihi River and its tributaries downstream of the Opuha
River confluence |
Trout: 1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2
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Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Salmon: 1 Oct-31 Mar |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Opihi River below the SH1 bridge |
1 Jun-31 Aug
(winter season) |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout or salmon: 2 total |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Opuha, Lake and its tributaries |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Total sports fish: 6
of which no more than 4 trout or 6 salmon. |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Opuha River |
Trout: 1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit |
Trout: 4 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Salmon: 1 Oct-31 Mar |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Orari River and its tributaries upstream of Slip Panel
Stream |
Trout: 1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Salmon: 1 Oct-31 Mar |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Orari River and its tributaries downstream of Slip Panel
Stream |
Trout: 1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit |
Trout: 4 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Salmon: 1 Oct-31 Mar |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Otematapaio River |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Otematata River and its tributaries
upstream of Clear Stream |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Otematata River and its tributaries downstream from Clear Stream
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First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Poaka, Lake |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon: N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Fly fishing only |
Pukaki, Lake |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm. |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Pukaki, Lake tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mmr. |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Pukaki-Ohau A canal |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Total sports fish: 4,
of which no more than 2 to be trout.
No
more than 2 salmon greater than 500mm to be taken from the McKenzie hydro canals. |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Rangitata River |
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Rangitiata River |
(see below) |
(see below) |
(see below)
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Seaward of a line drawn between the 2 poles
situated near the upstream limit of the estuarine area (about 1
km upstream from the mouth):
a) when you are flyfishing, the total weight of the cast assemblage
including trace, weight and fly, must not exceed 28g.
b) when using bait or fly fishing, or when fishing with an artificial
fly, you may cast other than from the reel and may retrieve other
than by winding onto the reel |
Rangitata River mouth |
(see below) |
(see below) |
(see below) |
Seaward of the river mouth, you may fish from
boat only:
- if the boat is anchored
- between 7.00am and 9.00pm
- at a seaward distance greater than 200m from the nearest shore
at low tide.
(The seaward boundary around the Rangitata River mouth is a line
drawn at a distance of 500m from any place where the low tide waters
of the river meet the waters of the sea.) |
Rangitata Diversion Race (RDR) from the intake downstream to Rakaia
River Road |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Rangitita River and tributaries upstream of Turn Again
Point about 12km above the gorge and marked by white posts on the river bank. |
Trout: 1 Oct-31 Mar |
Trout: No limit |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Salmon: 1 Oct-28 Feb |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Rangitita River and tributaries downstream of Turn Again
Point (except for the Rangitata Diversion Race) |
Trout: 1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit |
Trout: 4 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Salmon: 1 Oct-31 Mar |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Rangitiata River below the SH1 bridge |
1 Jun-31 Aug
(winter season) |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Total sportsfish: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner
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Roundabout, Lake and tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon: N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Fly fishing only
Fishing from boats is prohibited in the lake. |
Ruataniwha, Lake including Wairepo Arm and Kellands Pond |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait
Fishing from boats is prohibited in the Wairepo Arm and Kellands Pond. |
Ruataniwha, Lake tributaries and the tributaries of Wairepo Arm
and Kellands Pond |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Saltwater Creek |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Perch & tench: No limit |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait
A coarse fishing
water. |
Spider, Lake and its tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon: N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Artificial fly, spinner
Fishing from boats is prohibited in the lake. |
Tekapo lake, canal and river |
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Tekapa-Pukaki hydro canal |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Total sports fish: 4,
of which no more than 2 to be trout.
No
more than 2 salmon greater than 500mm to be taken from the
McKenzie hydro canals. |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Tekapo, Lake |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon: Min
300 mm
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6 sports fish of which no more than 4 can be salmon and no more than 4 can be trout. |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Tekapo, Lake tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Tekapo River upstream of
the lower powerlines across the river approx. 1 km upstream from Lake
Benmore |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Tekapo River downstream of the lower powerlines across the river
approx. 1 km upstream from Lake Benmore |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
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Temuka River and its tributaries |
Trout: 1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No size limit |
Trout: 4 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Salmon: 1 Oct-31 Mar |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Tengawai River |
Trout: 1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No size limit |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Salmon: 1 Oct-31 Mar |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Tinwald Domain Pond |
Open all year to child licence holder's only.
Otherwise closed. |
Trout: No size limit
Salmon: N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait
(child licence holders only) |
Twizel River and its tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly and spinner.
The Twizel river is affected by didymo. See
Didymo Biosecurity Alert
for details. |
Waihao River upstream of Waihao Forks Bridge |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon: N/A |
Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Waihao River downstream of Waihao Forks Bridge |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Waihi River and its tributaries |
1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Wairepo Arm of Lake Ruataniwha |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait
Fishing from boats is prohibited. |
Wairepo Arm tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 2
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
Waitaki lakes, canals and river |
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Waitaki, Lake |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Waitaki, Lake tributaries |
First Sat in Nov -30 Apr
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Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Trout: 4
Salmon: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Waitaki Hydro Canals:
Ohau B-Ohau C canal
Tekapo-Pukaki canal
Ruataniwha-Ohau B canal
Pukaki-Ohau canal |
All year |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Total sports fish 4
of which no more than 2 to be trout.
No
more than 2 salmon greater than 500mm to be taken. |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Waitaki River and tributaries (exept for Hakateramea and Maerawhenua rivers) |
Trout: 1 Oct-30 Apr |
Trout: No limit |
Trout: 4 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait
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Salmon: 1 Oct- 31 March |
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
Salmon: 2 |
Waitaki River downstream of SH1 |
1 Jun-31 Aug
(winter season) |
Trout: No limit
Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm |
2 trout or salmon |
Artificial fly, spinner
This river is affected by didymo. See Didymo
Biosecurity Alert for details. |