Had an R&R day today so i decided to make the most of it by camping at 40 mile beach with the intention of an evening sess and pre dawn assault. I arrived and setup with a few hours of day light to spare. But the wind didn't look like dropping to allow my evening session so Plan B was put into action.I made my way to the sheltered part of the bay armed with my light spin gear and some nuke chooks. It didn't take long to get a bend in the rod. Thanks to a fun size GT. At this point i realised i had forgotten my camera, lucky my phone does alright.Very next cast i was on again I called it for another GT but i was wrong, A bream!Fish attacked my lure every cast but the hook ratio wasn't great because i was using a heavy gauge hook (just in case) I managed about a dozen fish including a couple of half decent bream, really thick through the shoulders.I prepared my kayak that night for an early start the next morning. I knew it was going to be a good day just because i didn't have my camera!I hit the water just as the first glow of orange appeared on the horizon. It was a little more windy than i was hoping but still fishable.I explored the shallow reef with a popper for a while before taking up the troll. My lure got hit almost immediately some thing small was nibbling but missing the hooks. I kept paddling and as i hit the drop at the edge of the reef my lure got slammed! I felt the fish dive straight into the reef. I pulled the kayak over the top of the spot and managed to extract the fish from its hidey hole. With a couple of quick pumps i got it clear of the reef and pretty soon i had a nice coral trout yak side. I took the opportunity to change to a deeper diver now i was past the drop off and it payed off almost immediately. I gave this fish plenty of stick to keep it out of the reef, a big cod was the result estimated 60cm a new PB! Since i had a nice trout already I removed the hooks without taking it out of the water. I head out wider still but didn't get anymore action on the troll. I deployed a drift anchor on my new anchor trolley setup and worked some nuke chooks. Again plenty of bites but the hook ratio wasn't great because i was using a heavy gauge hook (just in case). I managed a little sweet sweetlip and stripey. It gallsed right off and I was happy with i anchor setup. I set off on the troll again towards some circling terns. I chased the boils and birds for a kilometre or so but couldn't get close. I lobed my plastic to where the action had been 30 seconds ago as i retrieved it i saw a long thin shadow slowly following. I quickly yanked it out of the water to keep it from being barracuda food. The fish turn side on as swam away and revealed it self as a mackerel! Out came the old faithful 30gm twisty and eventually i hooked up to something. I got it in without much resistance and was surprised when i saw a mackie! It was surprised to see me too and still green it went mental, evading all attempts to net and gaff it. Eventually it managed to shake the hooks free and i was devastated as i watched it sulk down out of view. All was not lost as two of its mates were still hanging under my yak. I dropped the jig in front of their noses and jigged it a few times and i was on again. I eased the drag off on this one and let it tire. I managed to steer it into my net, my first kayak mackerel! I was keen for another and i managed to get amongst a school of bait. Unfortunately the little run of tide there was had stopped and the bait was feeding on the surface quite happily.The wind started to pick up so i headed for the beach.Again sorry I forgot the camera and i wasn't getting my phone out of its water proof case until i was back ashore.