Going fishing off sydney

 

 

Fishing off Sydney on Sunday

 

Had a great day fishing off sydney on Sunday took the little boat out and had a mate join me who is an accountant from sydney.

 

 

We used the downrigger and ran a lure at 10 metres.

 

 

The results were instant and we caught a heap of undersized kingfish, which we returned to the ocean .  After a while we started to see some bigger fish turn up and were able to get a few keep

a few.

 

After the downrigger I decided to try a micro jig and have included a video of  myself giving this new technique a go. The  japanese have perfected these art with special jigs and rods.

 

The rods are very strong but with very light tips to get the action on the light jigs.

 

As you can see the action needs to be very rapid lifts that give the impression of a wounded or fleeing fish.







 



 

 

 

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Strange things in Sydney Harbour

The other day I was fishing on the west side of the harbour bridge and I saw a most unusual site on the sounder. It's been very unusual and hard to recognise.

It must have been a sunken sailing boat and it was just of the point not far from the bridge.

I guess someone must be missing their boat.

Unfortunately there were no fish around it but that strange object made my fishing a little bit mysterious and unusual.

Written by Andrew Wily

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Fishing in the harbour

On Monday I went out in the harbour to meet a boat Mechanic and I decided that I would have a quick fish before I met up with him at around 7 AM in the morning.

The morning was overcast and the water looked clear as it had not been raining for some days.

As I was meeting the mechanic off Noakes boat slipway I decided to see if any fish were biting.

At first I trolled around to see if any fish were on the sounder and found a patch of fish near a large barge that is moored up near Noakes slipway.

At first I used the downrigger and trolled a plastic lure to see if I could get any bites.

I was reasonably hopeful that I was going to hook up as the plastic lure was taking a number of bites however I did not manage to secure any hook ups.

I then went opposite the large barge and proceeded to drop the lead  gig plastic lure to the bottom and on the third drop I had a significant hook up from what appeared to be quite a substantially strong fish

As I was using a light rod which is one of the new micro jig rods I was able to control the fish within reason although I am sure that if there had been any moorings  or reef in the area I would of lost the fish

Finally after 10 minutes I saw that I had hooked up a kingfish of around 6 pound and this was the reason for the difficult fight. They certainly can pull out these kingfish.

So great morning was had and a much enjoyable fishing trip

Written by Andrew Wily

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Wild boar on rampage on farm just north of Sydney - By Andrew Wily

A farmer just north of Sydney requested the help- of recreational hunter Andrew Wily to solve a major problem with a wild pig that was rampaging across his property causing damage to stock and infrastructure.

On Thursday night this week I was requested by the farmer to attend his property in an attempt to bring to an end the problems being caused by a feral wild boar that had been causing him problems.

After driving to his property from Sydney some three hours north I arrived around 9 o'clock at night with the information to hand the wild boar had been seen previously on a wheat paddock several kilometres from the main homestead.

After loading up the Landcruiser Ute with the necessary equipment which included a powerful spotlight and a rifle with telescopic sights powerful enough to bring to an end this problem animal.

We drove down to the wheat paddock and commenced our investigation of the area with the spotlight to see if we could locate the boar

We soon located a number of smaller pigs which were in the wheat and we shot a few of these pigs to help lower the number of feral pigs on the property that had been causing the farmer problems.

We then drove to a similar paddock and after 15 to 20 minutes of driving around the paddock we located in the distance a large dark shadow which on further investigation turned out to be the boar that we had been searching for.

I quickly lent the rifle on the roof of the Landcruiser Ute and dialled up a high powered magnification on the telescopic sight and through the scope I could see clearly the big boar.

With one quick shot to the head I brought down the boar and we were able to collect him from the middle of the wheat paddock.

After a few photographs the farmerload the boar on the side of the Ute and gutted him for the purposes of later skinning and providing the meat for his farm dogs.

Once we had returned to the farmhouse The farmer and I parted company and he was very appreciative that I had helped to bring to an end the problem with this wild boar.

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AFSA announces new Bankruptcy Register Search service

Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) Chief Executive, Veronique Ingram, today announced a new self-service option for people who need to obtain information about an individual’s current or past personal insolvency. Bankruptcy Register Search is an online service, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The fee to conduct a search is $12.

AFSA maintains the National Personal Insolvency Index (NPII) – the permanent public record of personal insolvency proceedings in Australia dating back to August 1928.

Up until now, if a member of the public wanted to conduct a search of the NPII, they would need to pay a fee to a Government-contracted Index Search Agent to obtain search results about an individual.

Ms Ingram said that from today, AFSA’s Bankruptcy Register Search is another avenue people can use to obtain the information they need. 

“AFSA’s Bankruptcy Register Search is an addition to the services available from Index Search Agents,” she said.

“I’m excited to launch this new service which was built in-house by our own team of specialists.

“The new Bankruptcy Register Search adds to AFSA’s existing online services,” Ms Ingram said.

Ms Ingram also announced that AFSA will also be opening up access to the NPII to additional commercial operators in the near future.

The Bankruptcy Register Search and information on Index Search Agents, is available on AFSA’s website (www.afsa.gov.au).

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Sunday trip to Boat Harbour

On Sunday I decided to take a trip to Boat Harbour down near Cronulla to see what it was like for surfing particularly on the stand-up paddleboard

When we arrive the wind was light and offshore as there was a light northerly wind blowing.

We drove onto the beach and parked opposite the reef which is only 50 m offshore.

We unloaded the paddleboards and proceeded to paddle out to the reef which is about 400 m offshore which appeaedr to have a small right-hander wave breaking.

The waves were about 3 feet but the tide was very low and they were breaking on to the reef with enough power to enable us to ride the waves.

A few sets came through and we were surprised how good the wave were considering the size .

We had the small break to ourselves and we were able to catch a few decent waves but one thing of concern was the shallow reef under us.

As the tide drops the waves got better and a few 4 to 5 foot waves came through which were quite exciting to ride on the paddleboard.

I found the waves difficult to get onto because of the suction on the reef but once I got used to it the waves were a lot of fun to ride and quite sucky.

After we had ridden a few waves I then went for a paddle on my 14 foot paddleboard and went into the nor'easter wind. This was very difficult as the wind makes it very difficult to handle with a stand-up paddleboard as you act like a sale.

However once I turned around the paddleboard goes like a rocket and I can understand why they are so popular as a downwind board

When we had finished it was quite a simple matter to walk up the beach to the car load the boards on the car and drive along the beach and out of boat harbour.

It costs $25 for the day but I think it is well worth it and I think we will be visitingboat harbour again in the near future

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Andrew Wily - Insolvency Uncovered

Andrew Wily is widely regarded as one of Sydney’s pre-eminent professionals in the highly challenging field of corporate insolvency and recovery.

Graduating from Sydney University with a Bachelor of Economics in 1980 and as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Andrew trained in the KPMG Sydney practice before accepting an appointment to their London office for a two year period, where he gained valuable experience in the field of accounting and audit.

Andrew was admitted as a partner of Armstrong Wily. in 1989 and is a Registered Liquidator, an Official Liquidator and Trustee in Bankruptcy. Andrew specialises in Corporate and Personal Insolvency.

Andrew leads a talented and astute team of accountants in the Insolvency & Corporate Recovery division of the practice.

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