Taxidermy for fish
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Northwoods
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Most fish taxidermy now is nothing more than a replica. Shouldn’t be hard to find a taxidermist that will produce a replica from a photo and a measurement or two. Of course the advantage of a replica is that you don’t have to kill the fish or try to preserve a fish during the rest of your fishing trip. I have 2 skin mounts and 1 replica. Personally I prefer the look of skin mounts. Nostalgia I guess. A replica is simply a 3D life sized photo. Everyone that loves to fish should have a fish or three on the wall.
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Gellar
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I got a bunch of replicas of rough fish made last year. They were a shovel nose sturgeon, buffalo, carp, sheepshead, red horse, flathead, channel cat, and a bullhead. It was for a commercial fishing exhibit at our nature center. We just told the taxidermist to make them average size for the species, we didn’t have measurements or a picture. He charged $24 per inch if I remember correctly. I’ll take a picture of them this afternoon when I’m at work.
Gellar
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Crappy picture taker, I assure you they look good. Better than most of the real fish mounts we have.
RobertD
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Majority of saltwater fish are replicas and any freshwater fish could be too if you wanted.
When I worked in taxidermy we did a massive swordfish going off nothing but a photo and a list of measurements.
When I worked in taxidermy we did a massive swordfish going off nothing but a photo and a list of measurements.
Hem
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If I ever catch a Montana pike on a fly that exceeds 45" I'm getting a replica...maybe even 40". So far stuck on 37".
Keep hammerin'.
Keep hammerin'.
Gellar
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Probably could have drove back to Florida for another vacation.
I’m not sure, I would think $360 would seem about right. Their work is amazing, if I ever got a truly big fish I wanted a repo of that’s who I would go with.
We recently did a addition to our home and my wife tells me why don’t you get one of your flatheads mounted?? My first response was dumb and I said “you would actually let me”? I quickly realized my mistake and said “you are so right”. I’m learning, slowly but surely lol
A big enough mount fish or deer would cover all my construction mistakes, with the right lighting of course
A big enough mount fish or deer would cover all my construction mistakes, with the right lighting of course
brownbear932008
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This is a replica I had of the musky I caught two springs ago. I was amazed at the quality and I feel it will age better than a flesh mount. The best part is she still roams those waters most likely.
Don Fischer
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I brought a nice cat home one time and was trying to figure out if I should stuff it and hang it on the wall or fry it and dunp in in my stomack! Stomack won but I really do like looking at stuffed fish.
