fish mounts

[rippinlips25]

i messed up today. caught the biggest perch of my life and fillet it. i did get multiple measurements but when i looked in my mckenzie taxidermy book i couldnt find a replica that would fic it. is there any taxidermists that could help me out with this?

[missoulafish]

How big?

[rippinlips25]

i didnt get a weight on it but it was 14.75 inches

[Loudmouth879]

I must be doing something wrong I filleted about 15-20 perch that size and didn't think about mounting it..... they just taste so good.... my size is 17" but that might get lowered to 15".... I would try to call a taxidermist and see if they can get you a form..... i just looked online and perch forms seem to be hard to come buy

[rippinlips25]

thats what i was thinking just looking for a good fish taxidermist. i worked for a taxidermist for 4 years but we didnt mount many fish. i have all the measurements i need

[Loudmouth879]

thats what i was thinking just looking for a good fish taxidermist. i worked for a taxidermist for 4 years but we didnt mount many fish. i have all the measurements i need

yea i would look online at pictures or see if anyone recommends one that is in your area..... most taxidermist would probably buy a 15" form and take a quarter inch off somewhere and you wouldn't even know

[ClearCreek]

i messed up today. caught the biggest perch of my life and fillet it. i did get multiple measurements but when i looked in my mckenzie taxidermy book i couldnt find a replica that would fic it. is there any taxidermists that could help me out with this?

Call Artistic Anglers in Duluth, MN.  I would think they could fix you up with a replica that would be very close to the size and measurements of the one you caught.  And, they do great work.

ClearCreek

[Loudmouth879]

also hope you took pictures so the can get the color as close as possible to the fish

[missoulafish]

Talk to NorthernAnglers on this board, he's a fish head. He will
Probably be of help:)

[wirehairman]

Talk to NorthernAnglers on this board, he's a fish head. He will
Probably be of help:)

This

[Tacojuan]

Northern anglers would be a good guy to talk to. I'm pretty sure he does fish exclusively

[rippinlips25]

thanks guys for all the help one of the reasons why i love this site. and i did take plenty of pics of the perch

[lundin-loading]

thanks guys for all the help one of the reasons why i love this site. and i did take plenty of pics of the perch

We like pics!

[NorthernAngler]

Hey, RippinLips... I have mounted many Perch and 14.75 is very nice.. I use a different company. same one for competition shows. You will need to go with a 15 inch form, 14.75 is not likely unless someone cass molds the fish. Rare on that part.. Besides, when it is on the wall you can never tell that the fish is .25 inch more.. Well,, other than the people reading this

[rippinlips25]

if i knew how to post pictures on here i would throw a couple up for you guys to see it. going to the same place wednesday to see if i can pull one up thats bigger 

[missoulafish]

You have them on photobucket yet?

[Skalkaho]

I googled this, there on Ebay also. I worked in a Taxidermy shop growing up, Frank The owner did fantastic fish mounts. But the fiberglass replicas are the way to go now. take a pic of the fish for color, get the measurements, you have the option to release him. Its painting the fish where the expertice comes in......



http://www.fishtaxidermytaxidermist.com/fiberglassreplicas.html

[rippinlips25]

no i dont have photobucket. just the pics on my phone of the fish. i will have to look into that site skalkaho thanks

[wyoutdoors]

no i dont have photobucket. just the pics on my phone of the fish. i will have to look into that site skalkaho thanks

TinyPic.com is about the easiest and quickest way I've found to post a pic online. You don't even have to register if you don't want too. Simply upload the pic, choose whatever size photo you want (I use 'Message Board' size), and copy the link they provide.

To get a pic off my phone, I email it to myself, than use my laptop email to save it to the hard drive. Open TinyPic.com, choose the pic and there ya go! Paste it right into the post it already has all the IMG tags included.

- wyoutdoors 

[rippinlips25]

ok thanks for the info i will have to try that northern angler i sent u a pm did you get it?

[rippinlips25]

i have photo bucket now how do you post a pics on here?

[BackCountry Kyle]

http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=31022.msg300148#msg300148

Try this thread 

[missoulafish]

Did you get a pic or two uploaded to photobucket?

[rippinlips25]

yes i have 3 pics of it on photobucket

[rippinlips25]

i tried that link and followed it but it wont show the picture just puts the link to photobucket on here

[lundin-loading]

Click on the tiny mona-lisa above the emoticons,  it will look like this----->[ img][/img ] then paste the img link from photo bucket in between the [ img]paste img code here[/img ]

[rippinlips25]

[/URL][/img]

[missoulafish]

Swing and a miss. Click on one of the pictures you have loaded on photobucket and when you do it should open up. THEN,  over on the right somewhere you will see a bunch of white boxes (4) and they will say LINKS TO SHARE THIS PHOTO. Click on the one that says IMG, highlight it and copy it all then come back to IS and paste it into your message/response box. Then click  PREVIEW, if it worked you will see your pic so then click PoST.

[rippinlips25]

[missoulafish]

Awesome! Nice work!