Lake Coleridge

Type: Lake or reservoir, Canterbury, New Zealand
Season: Nov–Sep
Where the season comes from
Lake Coleridge 1st Saturday Nov - 30 Sep FSB 4 sports fish
Set for this water by name.
Sports Fishing Regs 2026/27 North Canterbury
Fish & Game NZ · checked 2026-11-04. Dates change each season: confirm them there.
Live gauges: None listed
Listed by: 1 authoritative list
Guides: None listed
Shops: None listed

Today on Lake Coleridge

No live reading

No provider we read publishes a machine-readable feed on this water. We show no number rather than a guessed one.

Lake Coleridge's turquoise water in a basin of tawny high-country ranges — Photo credit
Lake Coleridge, Canterbury. Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

More about Lake Coleridge

Lake Coleridge is a lake in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. Fish & Game North Canterbury lists it as one of its fisheries. It is the largest and most popular of the Rakaia high-country lakes, with landlocked Chinook salmon.

Where to fish

Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish. Most waters here need a rod licence or permit and often a beat booking or club ticket; the listing pages under Regulations say which.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near Lake Coleridge

Restrooms within 2 miles of Lake Coleridge in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

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Waimakariri RiverCanterbury · Freestone river · live gauge
Waitaki RiverCanterbury · Tailwater · live gauge

Regulations and official lists

Each line is an official list that names this water. Those pages are the authority on seasons, licences, limits and closures for each beat or reach; read them before you go.

Fish & Game North Canterbury fisheryFish & Game North Canterbury: North Canterbury Lakes · Fish & Game New Zealand · checked 2026-10-20

Guides and shops near Lake Coleridge

Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

No guide within 60 km yet.

All Canterbury guides

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

All Canterbury shops

Species

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the agency

Chinook salmon

Fish these in the US

Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.

At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.

Like Lake Coleridge? Same fish, US waters.

Steelhead / salmon water
Photo credit
Anglers on the lower Salmon River near Port Ontario, New York, in October. Photo: Bill Blevins, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Salmon River
New York
Same fish: chinook salmon
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Nehalem River
Photo credit
Lake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Photo: icetsarina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Nehalem River.
Nehalem River
Oregon
Same fish: chinook salmon · also a lake
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Anderson Ranch Reservoir
Photo credit
Henrys Lake from Henrys Lake State Park, Idaho. Photo: James Postema, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Anderson Ranch Reservoir.
Anderson Ranch Reservoir
Idaho
Same fish: chinook salmon · also a lake
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Lake Sakakawea
Photo credit
Ennis Lake, Montana, in March, with the Madison Range beyond. Photo: Gloria Cabada-Leman, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr Not Lake Sakakawea.
Lake Sakakawea
North Dakota
Same fish: chinook salmon · also a lake
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Coeur d'Alene Lake
Photo credit
Eagle Lake, Lassen County, California, with dry Horse Lake in the foreground (aerial). Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Coeur d'Alene Lake.
Coeur d'Alene Lake
Idaho
Same fish: chinook salmon · also a lake
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Estacada Lake
Photo credit
Crowley Lake and the Long Valley Caldera from US 395. Photo: Clinton Steeds, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Estacada Lake.
Estacada Lake
Oregon
Same fish: chinook salmon · also a lake

Gear checklist

A steelhead and salmon fly-fishing checklist: a switch or spey rod (or 9′6″ single-hand) in 7–8 weight, Skagit lines and sink tips, swing flies, studded boots and cold-weather layers, with estimated prices and where to buy.

Steelhead & salmon

11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon

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Videos for this water (3)

Watch: stillwater trout basics

Chironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

Catch More Trout in Lakes Using Indicators – Stillwater Fly Fishing TipsEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
Stillwater Fly Fishing Is Simpler Than You Think! | Introduction to Stillwater Fly FishingEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
Why is this Chironomid Fly Pattern So Versatile? | Two-Toner BC Chironomid | Fly Tying TutorialEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

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Sources for this page

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All 3 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Live readings come from the named provider when the page is shown, under the licence shown on each card. Designations, species and the flagship note link to the agency or body that publishes them; this page copies only the list wording and the species names. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. No gazetteer we use holds a point for this water, so no distances are shown. Water type is our own classification.