Awakino River Trout Fishing
The Awakino river is a fantastic King Country stream holding a very high population of small to medium size rainbows. There is good fishing in easily accessible water all the way up Gribbon Rd . From the road end you can permission to cross the land and go up into the bush, despite being a bit harder to access this bush section seems to get more pressure. I guess it's understandable given how beautiful it is up there. The best fish I've caught from this stream is a five pound rainbow trout, but there are surely a few larger ones around. Most of the fish tend to be around 1-2 pounds though. Most years there are plenty around and they make for great sport in the clear water.