Author Topic: crappies (Read 4615 times)

toadhunter · « **on:** Jan 07, 2005, 08:05 AM »

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[/img] A few crappies a friend mounted for me

camo_fish · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 07, 2005, 08:07 AM »

very nice mount.

swwwweeeet

toadhunter · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 07, 2005, 08:24 AM »

top 14" middle 13" bottom 15 1/2" the bottom fish sticks out from the others about 10 inches

Pike an Eyes · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 07, 2005, 08:26 AM »

Toad hunter,

Your friend did a really nice mount, no better way to keep the memories.

camo_fish · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 07, 2005, 08:27 AM »

they are some beauties.

vancouvercanuck · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 07, 2005, 12:37 PM »

Neat idea. How much would something like that cost?

OTIS · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 07, 2005, 01:31 PM »

I'd like to have a mount like that done with Bluegills.

C.C. · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 07, 2005, 02:56 PM »

cool mount, good job.
Jim

reelmaster · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 07, 2005, 03:04 PM »

nOW THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. NICE MOUNT. WAY TO GO.

SLIPPERYFISH · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 13, 2005, 12:04 PM »

Beautiful mounts. I may have to get one this year

crappie66 · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 17, 2005, 07:36 PM »

The paint job on the fish appears to be ok, however, the form or shape is not that good. It has more of a bass front, the head area. Crappie are more rounded there, unlike a bass that is more elongated.

I know when I finally pay to have a nice fish mounted I will be picky about it looking accurate, I wouldn't pay for those.

Caroga Kid · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 17, 2005, 09:37 PM »

Quote from: crappie66 on Jan 17, 2005, 07:36 PM

The paint job on the fish appears to be ok, however, the form or shape is not that good. It has more of a bass front, the head area. Crappie are more rounded there, unlike a bass that is more elongated.

I know when I finally pay to have a nice fish mounted I will be picky about it looking accurate, I wouldn't pay for those.

Sounds like somebody Is a little jealous............... ..Must be you can't even catch a fish as nice as thoughs..........That is a fine mount!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

crappie66 · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 17, 2005, 09:40 PM »

Quote from: Caroga Kid on Jan 17, 2005, 09:37 PM

Quote from: crappie66 on Jan 17, 2005, 07:36 PM
The paint job on the fish appears to be ok, however, the form or shape is not that good. It has more of a bass front, the head area. Crappie are more rounded there, unlike a bass that is more elongated.

I know when I finally pay to have a nice fish mounted I will be picky about it looking accurate, I wouldn't pay for those.
Sounds like somebody Is a little jealous............... ..Must be you can't even catch a fish as nice as thoughs..........That is a fine mount!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am not jealous, and I can catch fish like that, but I don't discredit the actual fish. The fish are nice, the mount display is nice, I just think if I paid a professional taxidermist to mount fish for me the form used and shape of the body of the finished fish is unacceptable.

fishhead4268 · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 18, 2005, 07:33 PM »

BEAUTIFUL SLABS!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE THEM CRAPPIE!!!!!!

JiggerMan · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 18, 2005, 09:23 PM »

Im going to have to go with crappie66.. I think that the fish are a very nice catch but i think they do have a bassy look to the finished product. The faces should not be that long. the heads should be more compact and pointy not long and pointy.
they kind of look like rockbass. the paint jobs are really good also.... I just think that there is something a tad off in the nead region.

Other than that the fish are great.......oh and they are no where near as bad as camo's bass that he got back last year.... he showed a pic of the fish on the oce and then the moint..........the two looked about as far from the actually fish as you could get.

JiggerMan

toadhunter · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 18, 2005, 09:29 PM »

This was my buddies first time mounting crappies, I have no compliants.Price was under 120$ also.

JiggerMan · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 18, 2005, 09:35 PM »

well i guess there is no room for complaints with a price like that, i would do it also. Oh and my apologies to Camo for saying he had a bad mount of a bass it was Icefingers bass that was bad.

For a first mount of crappie its not bad at all. Maybe you could give your friend a little contructive criticism about the heads.... it might be me also.... Crappies look slightly different whereever you fish.

tell him he does do nice work.

JiggerMan

MeadowPikeman · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 18, 2005, 09:51 PM »

I'd have to agree the heads are kinds messed up

fishhead4268 · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 19, 2005, 04:03 AM »

I got two JUMBO perch done last year and they came out awsome and only cost me $135.00, they look sweet and the color is perfect,I am looking for my trophy crappie this year, got some nice ones but not THE ONE yet!

dwayne · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 19, 2005, 11:26 AM »

my neigbor is a taxidermist and he says crappie are very difficult to do. A good taxidermist has to create his own form for it. They don't have forms that taxidermist can buy for calico's. That is where the taxidermist needs to be an artist rather than a "stuffer".

toadhunter · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 19, 2005, 10:19 PM »

Forms were ordered through Wasco.

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Author Topic: crappies (Read 4615 times)

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