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bigredfishing

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lets see your fish mounts!!
« on: Mar 13, 2005, 09:38 PM »
I like seeing nice taxidermy work, so lets see what ya got!
I will start it off with mine.

this is the wall in my living room, the top left is my 10lb susquehenna walleye, and top right is my 14lb steelhead, the bottom is my fathers 20lb 7oz steelhead - not pictured is my fathers 7lb finger lakes bow and my 8lb st. lawrence river walleye.

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Re: lets see your fish mounts!!
« Reply #1 on: Mar 13, 2005, 10:00 PM »
Well my dad and brother each have aa 12 lb st. lawrence walleye,
I dont have anythign yet (they are still at the taxidermist)
A grayling from alaska, and other fish from alaska that nobody knows about.         I hopefully will get them back this summer.     If I get up to it Ill take a pic of the walleyes adn post them.     
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wny angler

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Re: lets see your fish mounts!!
« Reply #2 on: Mar 13, 2005, 10:32 PM »
some nice ones ya got there bigred .


   i know mine ain't the best lookin mounts by a long shot -some are actually terrible

      the wife wouldn't let me put all the fish on the livingroom walls so a few hang downstairs  ::)

heres a shot of my basement rec room ----------

   42 inch musky-my first ever  --   caught back in the mid 80's from lake Erie
   7lb largemouth bass  - a few years ago -ice fishing
    32 inch  steelhead/rainbow  -    Erie trib   caught early 90's


 heres a shot of the living room wall
   22lb   lake Erie steelhead caught a couple years back
    14lb brown trout from lake Erie   caught in the mid 80's

                                   
another shot of my best steelhead



I'm still in search of a 16" perch -18" crappie and 20lb northern for the wall-  just hope i don't catch em all the same day--couldn't afford that  $$$$$$

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Re: lets see your fish mounts!!
« Reply #3 on: Mar 20, 2005, 08:09 PM »
Are you kidding Wny angler, those are great looking fish mounts from what i can see, i have to find a pic of my dads 20 lb pike on the wall...

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bigredfishing

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Re: lets see your fish mounts!!
« Reply #4 on: Mar 20, 2005, 09:41 PM »
i agree, you have some really nice mounts!

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Re: lets see your fish mounts!!
« Reply #5 on: Mar 28, 2005, 10:43 AM »
great mounts guys. They are simply amazing. Are those all skin mounts or are there any mounts that are the recreation kind. I am interested in the recreation mounts do to the fact that I like to release all of my fish but wondered how they looked compared to the skin mounts. Thanks and keep those great mounts comin. I know I sure am gonna try and get a few nice lookin fish like all of yours.
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Re: lets see your fish mounts!!
« Reply #6 on: Mar 28, 2005, 12:38 PM »
mine are skin mounts, but i have seen some pretty realistic repro mounts...

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Re: lets see your fish mounts!!
« Reply #7 on: Mar 28, 2005, 01:30 PM »
I like the whole graphite replica idea, but I don't have any problem with guys making skin mounts.  I've seen some very good replicas and some really poor ones of both types. Those are all some really nice mounts, I don't have any, I have a few pictures that I like a lot and when I'm older and have more $$$ that I may get a graphite replica or two of a bass and a lake trout.

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Re: lets see your fish mounts!!
« Reply #8 on: Mar 28, 2005, 01:35 PM »
Those are sweet mounts!! I always wanted to get one but i never really caught anything giant....but i would like to get one made for my biggest bass....7lbs.
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Re: lets see your fish mounts!!
« Reply #9 on: Mar 28, 2005, 01:41 PM »
I have a question for those who have skin mounts of fish, like I mentioned earlier in this thread their are two mounted walleye that have been sitting around gathering dust, I would like to hang them on the wall, but they have a thick layer of dust on them from lack of cleaning over the years.   What would be safe and good to use to clean these mounts off without damaging them?     
     Ive been thinking a good damp cloth would do it, but does anybody use any sort of cleaning agent or liquid?
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bigredfishing

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Re: lets see your fish mounts!!
« Reply #10 on: Mar 28, 2005, 01:52 PM »
cloth lighty dampend with water, thats all they need

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Re: lets see your fish mounts!!
« Reply #11 on: Mar 28, 2005, 01:55 PM »
cloth lighty dampend with water, thats all they need
yep that is the way I dust my mount, damp t-shirt or towel.
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Re: lets see your fish mounts!!
« Reply #12 on: Mar 28, 2005, 02:01 PM »
Thanks very much :)
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wny angler

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Re: lets see your fish mounts!!
« Reply #13 on: Mar 28, 2005, 02:06 PM »
all mine are skin mounts except for the big steelhead -thats fiberglass i think.the taxidermist made the mold for it from the fish itself -you can see every mark and scale that was on the original fish -the replica looks closer to what the actual fish  looked like than my skin mounts do and it will last a lot longer. it costs a little more for replica's but its well worth it-i'd never go back to skin mounts

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Re: lets see your fish mounts!!
« Reply #14 on: Mar 28, 2005, 06:47 PM »
Those are great I can't even tell the difference between the skin mounts and the replica mounts. I always woundered if the replicas were as nice now I know that they are just as good and you will have the replica for a lot longer.Simply amazing mounts guys.

 



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