Note: Minimum length 300mm for all sports fish. No bait fishing for trout except by child/junior anglers. No salmon fishing 1 May–30 September. Daily bag limit is 4 sports fish unless otherwise specified.
|
Waters |
Key |
Bag Limit |
|
Ashley River – downstream of Ashley Gorge Road |
FSB |
2 trout |
|
Avon River – downstream of Barbadoes Street Bridge |
FSB |
2 trout |
|
Christchurch Groynes Fishing Lakes |
FSB* |
1 sports fish (*child/junior anglers only) |
|
Halswell River and Canal – downstream of Neills Road Bridge |
FSB |
2 trout |
|
Heathcote River – downstream of Colombo Street Bridge |
FSB |
2 trout |
|
Hurunui River – between Lake Sumner and South Branch confluence |
FS |
2 |
|
Hurunui River – below South Branch confluence |
FSB |
2 trout |
|
Lake Courtenay |
FSB |
2 sports fish |
|
Lake Ellesmere |
FSB |
2 trout |
|
Lake Forsyth |
FSB |
2 trout |
|
Lake Guyon |
FS |
2 |
|
Lake Pearson |
FS |
2 |
|
Lake Rotokohatu |
FSB |
2 sports fish (open 1 Apr–30 Sep) |
|
Lake Selfe |
FS |
2 |
|
Lake Sumner |
FS |
2 |
|
Lake Taylor |
FS |
2 |
|
Monopolies Pond |
FSB |
2 |
|
Rakaia River – downstream of white posts near Coleridge tailrace |
FSB |
2 trout |
|
Selwyn River – downstream of State Highway 77 Bridge |
FSB |
2 |
|
Waiau Uwha River – downstream of Hope River confluence |
FSB |
2 trout |
|
Waimakariri River – downstream of Staircase Gully confluence |
FSB |
2 trout |