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Title: Carpenter Anthias 120 - it could have been yours!
Post by: Cy and Kerrin Taylor on April 22, 2009, 08:52:34 PM

Hi,

We recently found a large popper washed up on the beach in the Whitsundays.

It looks like it could have travelled a fair way and has some large tooth marks!

Check it out - maybe you have lost it once!

Here it is - it's called a Carpenter Anthias 120 and it had large single hooks.

Thanks,

Cy & Kerrin Taylor
Whitsundays QLD

Title: Re: Carpenter Anthias 120 - it could have been yours!
Post by: Brandon Khoo on April 22, 2009, 09:08:55 PM

The Anthias is a really old model and is no longer being made
What am amazing find though!

Title: Re: Carpenter Anthias 120 - it could have been yours!
Post by: Cy and Kerrin Taylor on April 22, 2009, 09:20:19 PM

Hi Brandon,

Thanks for the info about it!

It's a big lure and pops nicely - we got some GT on it yesterday around 25kg so whoever lost it isn't getting it back!  :D

C&K

Title: Re: Carpenter Anthias 120 - it could have been yours!
Post by: Andrew Colefax on April 23, 2009, 10:42:47 AM

Great find Cy and Kerrin! even better you are catching fish on it. Any barra fishing of late or have GT's got your attention for the moment?
talk soon
cheers
Andrew

Title: Re: Carpenter Anthias 120 - it could have been yours!
Post by: Cy and Kerrin Taylor on April 23, 2009, 02:37:12 PM

Hi Andrew,

We've been fishing for barra at Faust a fair lot - it's risen a lot with the recent rain and is about 1.5m below the spillway. It's a huge lake now!

GT are always hard not to target when the weather is calm! It's sometimes hard to decide GT or barra!  :D

C&K

Title: Re: Carpenter Anthias 120 - it could have been yours!
Post by: Nathan Cefai on April 23, 2009, 03:18:20 PM

It will definetly catch many more GTs!!

Title: Re: Carpenter Anthias 120 - it could have been yours!
Post by: Cy and Kerrin Taylor on April 24, 2009, 12:08:03 PM

Hi Nathan,

Sounds like you like the model - have you used them before?

C&K

Title: Re: Carpenter Anthias 120 - it could have been yours!
Post by: Brock Arifovic on April 24, 2009, 05:59:23 PM

Amazing what you find that gets washed up from the ocean. Well done boys, great to see that you are making good use of your new & rare Carpenter lure.

Title: Re: Carpenter Anthias 120 - it could have been yours!
Post by: Andrew Colefax on April 24, 2009, 10:25:06 PM

Quote from: Cy and Kerrin Taylor on April 23, 2009, 02:37:12 PM

Hi Andrew,

We've been fishing for barra at Faust a fair lot - it's risen a lot with the recent rain and is about 1.5m below the spillway. It's a huge lake now!

GT are always hard not to target when the weather is calm! It's sometimes hard to decide GT or barra!  :D

C&K

Great stuff as always...been a bit quiet on the fishing front for me, had some great sessions last month on tinaroo with some solid fish to 119cm coming on frogs...in the middle of acquiring my GT gear, I have just started building a custom Seed rod to go with my dogfight...a few more lures and i'm ready!
Cheers
Andrew

Title: Re: Carpenter Anthias 120 - it could have been yours!
Post by: Nathan Cefai on April 25, 2009, 12:42:07 PM

Hey mate,have used them many times but unfortuneltyi have lost all of them to GTs busting me off to the reefs!!

Would love to find some again!!