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Taranaki Fishing Regulations, 2007-2008
The following is our understanding of the regulations that apply to trout and salmon fishing in the Taranaki region from 1 October 2007 to 30 September 2008. Where general rules do not apply, lakes and rivers are listed in alphabetical order for quick reference.
The information presented here is not meant to be taken as a complete statement of the law. Please refer to the North Island regulations booklet supplied with your fishing licence or view an online version at the Fish & Game New Zealand website.
Season |
Size limit |
Bag limit (other than perch) |
Methods allowed |
|
| General rules | ||||
| All waters in the region west of the Whanganui River not listed below | 1 Oct 1-30 Apr | None |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| All waters in the region east of the Whanganui River not listed below | 1 Oct 1-30 Jun | None | Trout: 4 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Fishing waters | ||||
| Hangatahua (Stony) River upstream from the SH45 bridge | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None |
Total trout: 2 Brown trout: 1 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
| Huatoki Stream upstream from Brois Street Bridge | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Huatoki Stream downstream from Brois Street Bridge | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Kahouri Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner |
| Kaiauai Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 1 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
| Kapuni Stream upstream from Skeet Road Bridge | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 1 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
| Kapuni Stream downstream from Skeet Road Bridge | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Kohata, Lake | 1 Oct-20 Apr 10 Jul-30 Sep |
None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Kaupokonui Stream upstream from the SH45 bridge | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Kaupokonui Stream downstream from the SH45 bridge | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None | Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Kohata, Lake | 1 Oct-20 Apr 10 Jul-30 Sep |
None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Lahar Lake | 1 Oct-30 Sep | None | Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Makatote River | 1 Oct-30 Jun | None | Trout: 3 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Maketawa Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Makotuku Stream | 1 Oct-30 Jun | None | Trout: 4 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Makuri Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Mangamahoe, Lake, excluding the Waiwhakaiho inlet and tributaries | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None |
Trout: 2 |
Flyfishing only. No fishing from a boat. |
| Mangamahoe, Lake: the Waiwhakaiho inlet | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None |
Trout: 2 |
Flyfishing only. No fishing from a boat. |
| Manganuioteao River upstream of the Orautoha Stream confluence | 1 Oct-30 Jun | None | Trout: 3 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Manganuioteao River downstream of the Orautoha Stream confluence | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None | Trout: 3 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Manganui River | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Mangaoraka Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 |
Artifical fly, spinner, bait |
| Mangatoki Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Mangawhero Stream (a tributary of the Kaupokonui Stream) | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Mangawhero River, upstream of SH49 "golf course" Bridge | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 4 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Mangawhero River, downstream of SH49"golf course" Bridge | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None | Trout: 4 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Mangorei Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Namunamu, Lake | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Ngangana, Lake | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None | Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Ngatoro Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Oakura River | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Okahu Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Opunake, Lake | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None | Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Orautoha Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 4 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Otakeho Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Patea River upstream from Mangamingi Bridge | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Patea River downstream from Patea Dam | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None | Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Pauri, Lake | 1 Oct-20 Apr 10 Jul-30 Sep |
None | Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Piakau Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Raetihi Hydro Dam | 1 Oct-30 Jun | None | Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Ratapiko Lake | 1 Oct-30 Apr 1 Jun-30 Sep |
None | Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Retaruke River upstream from Oio Road Bridge | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 4 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Retaruke River and tributaries downstream from Oio Road Bridge | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None | Trout: 4 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Rotomanu, Lake | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None |
Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Rotorangi, Lake downstream from Mangamingi Bridge | 1 Oct-30 Apr 1 Jun-30 Sep |
None | Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Ruatiti Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 4 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Stony (Hangatahua) River upstream from the SH45 bridge | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None |
Total trout: 2 Brown trout: 1 |
Artificial fly, spinner |
| Taonui Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 4 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Taungatara Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Tawhiti Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Te Henui Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Timaru Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Tokiahuru Stream upstream from the bridge at SH49 | 1 Oct-30 Jun | None | Trout: 4 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Tokiahuru Stream downstream from the bridge at SH49 | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None | Trout: 4 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Waiaua River upstream from the SH45 bridge | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Waiaua River downstream from the SH45 bridge | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
Waimarino Stream (tributary to the Manganuioteao River) |
1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 3 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Waingongoro River upstream from Eltham Road Bridge | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Waingongoro River between the Eltham Road and SH45 Bridges | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 4 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Waingongoro River downstream from the SH45 bridge | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None | Trout: 4 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Waiongana Stream | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Waitaiki Stream upstream from SH49 Bridge | 1 Oct-30 Jun | None | Trout: 4 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Waitaiki Stream downstream from SH49 Bridge | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None | Trout: 4 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Waitara River downstream from the Manganui River confluence | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Waiwhakaiho River upstream from the end of Rimu Street extension | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None |
Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Waiwhakaiho River downstream from the end of Rimu Street extension | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None |
Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Waiwhakaiho inlet to Lake Mangamahoe | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None |
Trout: 2 | Flyfishing only. No fishing from a boat. |
| Warea River upstream from the SH45 bridge | 1 Oct-30 Apr | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Warea River downstream from the SH45 bridge | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None | Trout: 2 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Whanganui River, excluding tributaries | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None | Trout: 4 | Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
| Wiritoa, Lake | 1 Oct-30 Sept | None | Trout: 2 |
Artificial fly, spinner, bait |
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