Thread: Ruahine Forrest Park trout fishing?

Originally Posted by Fat belly Dog

Just Checked with DOC and no access for Dogs via Makaroro River from Wakarara Road end due to crossing farm, I did ask for farmers number to call and ask permission but didnt get a reply from DOC.

Dog is stock proof, Kiwi Trained and up to date with Sheep measles vax. Oh well will have to walk in another (hard) way

Well if you are following the purple line on the WAMS map you are not crossing farm land to access the river, you are walking a public (paper) road to access the river.

That watershed was my possuming block in the 70's. BIG coons up on the snowline. Always thought we had poisoned someones dog when we got a monster. Waay too big for our drying boards.

Used to get the XR500 up past Centre Makaroro hut (long gone) and up towards upper Makaroro hut to cart in and out the heavy stuff. 20kg bag of flour didn't last all that long making lure, as we took a cook book and ate like pigs whenever baking bread was on the menu. Fish may have also made their way into the frypan.....The boys in green would have a blue fit if you took a bike that far into the Ruahines. But it worked for us. Couldn't afford choppers back then