Lake District Agency introduced a new fisheries byelaw, banning the use of all freshwater fish as live or dead bait in 14 of the lakes in the Lake District. Anglers not complying with the new byelaw can face fines of up to £2,500. There are 14 lakes in the Lake District which are affected. These are: Bassenthwaite Lake, Brothers Water, Buttermere, Coniston Water, Crummock Water, Derwent Water, Ennerdale Water, Haweswater, Loweswater, Red Tarn, Thirlmere, Ullswater, Wast Water and Windermere. The lakes and waters of the Lake District do not naturally support as many species of fish as other similar habitats in the
Lake Hayes Lake Hayes Estate is just across the main highway and takes its name from Lake Hayes. A track called the "Lake Hayes Circuit" runs around the lake and forms part of The Queenstown Trail and is popular for use by walkers, runners and cyclists. The local Māori iwi (tribe) of Kai Tahu originally named the lake "Te Whaka-ata a Haki-te-kura" after an ancestress called Haki-te-kura whose image was said to be reflected in the lake. Settlers originally knew the lake as Hays Lake after D. Hay, an Australian who came to the district looking for sheep country in 1859. Its