2009-2010 Taranaki Region Fishing Regulations

Angling regulations are updated annually. Each region has specific regulations for individual rivers and lakes within the framework of national angling regulations.

CONTACT

Office: 1H Taupo Quay, Wanganui
Postal Address P.O Box 4152, Wanganui 4541
Phone and Fax: (06) 345 4908
Email: fg-wan@clear.net.nz

Administration: Jilli Steedman
New Plymouth: 290A Devon St East, P.O Box 662, New Plymouth
Phone and Fax: (06) 757 9676,
Manager Daren Smith
Field Officers: Allen Stancliff

Most Taranaki trout fisheries have their source within the Egmont or Tongariro National Parks and provide a high quality angling experience in a scenic and un-crowded environment. More than 40 small to medium sized trout streams radiate from the base of Mt Egmont/Taranaki and few places offer such a diversity of angling opportunity. These streams provide quality ‘sight fishing’ for large brown trout, while rainbow trout fishing is also available in several lakes and the Waingongoro River between Eltham and the sea. Wanganui has a number of lakes that provide fishing for rainbow trout and perch within a few minutes of the city. Many anglers travel some distance from Wanganui to fish without realising the opportunities that are so close at hand. Ruapehu district rivers are some of the most productive in the Taranaki region.

They include the Manganuioteao River, which is a nationally important brown and rainbow trout fishery offering a quality backcountry angling experience. There is little fishing pressure in the region and anglers appreciate the peace and solitude that comes with the fishing.

ACCESS PAMPHLETS
Information pamphlets on Taranaki ring plain, Waingongoro River, Wanganui and Ruapehu fisheries can be obtained from most sports shops and information centres within the region or from the Wanganui and New Plymouth offices of Fish and Game NZ. North and South Island Angler Access guides are also available.

DIDYMO
Please do your bit to keep didymo out of the North Island and Taranaki. Check, clean and dry your fishing gear, clothing, waders and other equipment before fishing in Taranaki and before moving from one waterway to another. Confine your fishing to one waterway per day if possible and clean your gear
after leaving the water. If you must move between waterways, thoroughly spray your fishing gear (lines, reels, rods, flies, nets, waders, boots etc.) and any clothing that has been in contact with water with an approved cleaner, such as a 5% solution of household detergent. Please remember – leave your
felt-soled waders at home. Felt soled waders have been identified as a high risk vector for the spread of didymo and it is now illegal to use them for sports fishing within the Taranaki Fish and Game Region and anglers will be liable to prosecution if caught using them.”

REGULATIONS
Reference to description: New Zealand Gazette, No. 83, 24 May 1990, page 1861

1. DEFINITIONS
See first schedule.

2. OPEN SEASON, PERMITTED METHODS AND BAG LIMITS

Lakes / Rivers

Open Season

Permitted Methods

Daily Bag Limit

All unlisted waters west of the Whanganui River

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

All unlisted waters east of the Whanganui River

1 Oct – 30 Jun

All legal lures/baits

4

Huatoki Stream upstream from Brois Street Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Huatoki Stream downstream from Brois Street Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Kahouri Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Kaiauai Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

Spinner/artificial fly

1

Kapuni Stream upstream from Skeet Road Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Apr

Spinner/artificial fly

1

Kapuni Stream downstream from Skeet Road Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Kaupokonui Stream upstream of State Highway 45 Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Kaupokonui Stream downstream of State Highway 45 Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Kohata, Lake

1 Oct – 20 Apr

and

10 Jul – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Lahar, Lake

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Makatote River

1 Oct – 30 Jun

All legal lures/baits

3

Maketawa Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Makotuku Stream

1 Oct – 30 Jun

All legal lures/baits

4

Makuri Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Mangamahoe, Lake, excluding the Waiwhakaiho inlet and tributaries

1 Oct – 30 Sep

Fly fishing only

2

Mangamahoe, Lake – Waiwhakaiho inlet

1 Oct – 30 Apr

Fly fishing only

2

Manganuioteao River upstream of Orautoha Stream confluence

1 Oct – 30 Jun

All legal lures/baits

3

Manganuioteao River downstream of Orautoha Stream confluence

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

3

Manganui River

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Mangaoraka Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Mangatoki Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Mangawhero Stream (Kaupokonui tributary)

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Mangawhero River upstream of State Highway 49 “golf course” Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

4

Mangawhero River downstream of State Highway 49 “golf course” Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

4

Mangorei Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Namunamu, Lake

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Ngangana, Lake

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Ngatoro Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Oakura River

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Okahu Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Opunake, Lake

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Orautoha Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

4

Otakeho Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Patea River upstream from Mangamingi Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Patea River downstream from Patea Dam

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Pauri, Lake

1 Oct – 20 Apr and

10 Jul – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Piakau Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Raetihi Hydro Dam

1 Oct – 30 Jun

All legal lures/baits

2

Ratapiko, Lake

1 Oct – 30 Apr and

1 Jun – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Retaruke River upstream from Oio Road Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

4

Retaruke River and tributaries downstream from Oio Road Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

4

Rotomanu, Lake

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Rotorangi Lake downstream from Mangamingi Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Apr and

1 Jun – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Ruatiti Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

4

Stony River

1 Oct – 30 Sep

Spinner/artificial fly

2*

Taonui Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

4

Taungatara Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Tawhiti Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Te Henui Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Timaru Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Tokiahuru Stream upstream from State Highway 49 Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Jun

All legal lures/baits

4

Tokiahuru Stream downstream from State Highway 49 Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

4

Waiaua River upstream from State Highway 45 Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Waiaua River downstream from State Highway 45 Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Waimarino Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

3

Waingongoro River upstream from Eltham Road Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Waingongoro River between Eltham Road and State Highway 45 Bridges

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

4

Waingongoro River downstream from State Highway 45 Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

4

Waiongana Stream

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Waitaiki Stream upstream from State Highway 49 Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Jun

All legal lures/baits

4

Waitaiki Stream downstream from State Highway 49 Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

4

Waitara River downstream from Manganui River confluence

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Waiwhakaiho River upstream from the end of Rimu Street extension

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Waiwhakaiho River downstream from the end of Rimu Street extension

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Warea River upstream from State Highway 45 Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Apr

All legal lures/baits

2

Warea River downstream from State Highway 45 Bridge

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Whanganui River excluding tributaries

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

4

Wiritoa, Lake

1 Oct – 30 Sep

All legal lures/baits

2

Bag limits denoted by 2* mean that no licence holder shall kill more than one (1) brown trout within
a daily bag limit of 2 trout.

3. CLOSED WATERS
No licence holder shall take (or attempt to take) sports fish from the following waters:
3.1 Virgina Lake

4. COARSE FISHING WATERS
There are no defined coarse fishing waters in the Taranaki Fish and Game Region.

5. USE OF BOATS
No licence holder shall fish for sports fish from a boat in Lake Mangamahoe, including the Waiwhakaiho inlet.

6. DAILY LIMIT BAG
In addition to the daily bag limits described in Section 2, there shall be no limit on the number of perch killed by a licence holder.

7. FISH LENGTH
There is no length limit for sports fish caught in the Taranaki Fish and Game Region.

8. HOURS OF FISHING
There is no restriction on the hours of fishing in the Taranaki Fish and Game Region.