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).

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Artificial fly, spinner, bait.

Unsportsman like devices or methods are not permitted.

Trout: No limit
Salmon: N/A

Artificial fly, spinner.

This river is affected by didymo. See Didymo Biosecurity Alert for details.

Artificial fly, spinner

This river is affected by didymo. See Didymo Biosecurity Alert for details.

Flyfishing only.
This river is affected by didymo. See Didymo Biosecurity Alert for details.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: 4 (maximum 1 brown trout)
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.

Sports fish: 2
Brown trout: 0

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm;
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-31 Mar

Ashburton River South Branch including tributariesdownstream of Taylors Stream junction;
Ashburton River downstream of North and South Branch junction

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm;
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm;
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Artificial fly, spinner, bait

Exception: Bait fishing is not permitted from a boat or flotation device.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Artificial fly, spinner, bait

Artificial fly, spinner, bait

A coarse fishing water.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Artificial fly, spinner.
Fishing from an unmoored boat is prohibited in the lake.

Trout: No limit

Trout: 5 Nov-30 Apr

Trout: None

Salmon:
Minimum 250mm.
Maximum 450mm from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

1 Oct-30 April
1 June-31 Aug

1 Oct - 30 April; 4 trout and 2 salmon

1 June - 31 Aug Trout or salmon: 2

1 Oct - 30 April: All legal methods

1 June - 31 Aug Artificial fly, spinner only

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Artificial fly, spinner, bait
Fishing from boats is prohibited.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: 5 Nov-31 Mar
Salmon: Closed

Trout: 2
Salmon: Closed

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Fly fishing only.
Fishing from an unmoored boat is prohibited in the lakes.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Artificial fly, spinner, bait
Fishing from an unmoored boat is prohibited.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Ohau B and Ohau C hydro canals

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Artificial fly, spinner, bait

Exception: Bait fishing is not permitted from a boat or flotation device.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Artificial fly, spinner, bait

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Artificial fly, spinner, bait

This river is affected by didymo. See Didymo Biosecurity Alert for details.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

1 Jun-31 Aug
(winter season)

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: 2
Salmon: N/A

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit
Salmon: N/A

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Pukaki-Ohau canal

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

(see below)

(see below)

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

(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.)

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: 1 Oct-31 Mar

Trout: 1 Oct-30 Apr

1 Jun-31 Aug
(winter season)

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Total sportsfish: 2

Artificial fly, spinner

Trout: No limit
Salmon: N/A

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit
Perch & tench: No limit

Artificial fly, spinner, bait
A coarse fishing water.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Artificial fly, spinner, bait

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Artificial fly, spinner, bait

Open all year to child licence holder's only.
Otherwise closed.

Artificial fly, spinner, bait
(child licence holders only)

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Artificial fly and spinner.

The Twizel river is affected by didymo. See Didymo Biosecurity Alert for details.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Artificial fly, spinner, bait
Fishing from boats is prohibited.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.
Maximum 450 mm
from 1 Mar-30 Apr.

5 Nov -30 Apr

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.

Waitaki Hydro Canals:
Ohau B-Ohau C canal
Tekapo-Pukaki canal
Ruataniwha-Ohau B canal
Pukaki-Ohau canal

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.

Artificial fly, spinner, bait

This river is affected by didymo. See Didymo Biosecurity Alert for details.

1 Jun-31 Aug
(winter season)

Trout: No limit

Salmon:
Minimum 300 mm.

Artificial fly, spinner

This river is affected by didymo. See Didymo Biosecurity Alert for details.