Fish and Game is welcoming fines and costs totalling $1000 for each of three Canterbury anglers.
Two of them faced charges of fishing without a licence, and the third for fishing in a restricted waterway.
They were each fined $500 in the Christchurch District Court plus court costs and the loss of their equipment.
North Canterbury Fish and Game manager Rod Cullinane said it made a $23 day licence look like a cheap investment.
