yes,watch out on the left hand side when you exit the small creek into the makarau river as the oysters have taken up residence,go strait over to the oposite side of the river,they are only on the bend so once on the strait you will be in the clear..should be good snapper fishing in the channel from the 1st green marker out to the junction with the main channel (not shure if the last green marker is still there )   spent alot of time fishing that area with nets and lines

Would be good to take some gulp crabs down the river and throw them unweighted for some mullet,when u go down the river on the last left hand cnr ( on outside of cnr) there's a farm outlet pipe in a wee cove,the big mullet feed in there on the incoming tide!we used to catch the on the fly rod which was fun,also had snapper right up there?..grew up on the farm opposite the boat ramp and right down around the edge of the harbour,good fishing at times

Would go down it on the 5th of May if I was you

have not launched there this year - but used to launch the 16ft stabi there last year (now sold). two hours either side of high tide it all good - from about half tide up you can still get up but tend to find you hit the bottom in places with outboard down where river widens into Kaipara and also the ramp itself becomes a trudge through sludge. Great place to sneak out of for 3 - 4 hours fishing and scallop dredging (out of season though now for scallops).