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I prefer real skin mounts fiberglass reproductions have much less detail. Do your research and get a good taxidermist. I use Carson's taxidermy, he has a website you should look at. It will show you what good taxidermy art looks like. He is in Virginia( I lived there for ten years) so its pretty expensive after shipping and he isn't cheap either, but his place is also full of trophy from taxidermy competitions. At least worth a look to see what nice stuff looks like. Nobody that good up here
Guy in burlington for $12/in. Has some nice mounts in his house!
Northern wildlife in island pond does the best fish mounts in the state, he does either skin or fiberglass.He does an amazing job.It takes Walt a while but it's worth the wait.Last time I had one done it was $10 per inch for skin.His attention to detail and painting are unbelievable.Oh and nice fish too.
I will probably end up mounting the Pumpkinseed instead of the perch. Thanks for your information everyone. The three possible taxidermists that I will use are Northern Wildlife, Doug Yasner or Bragg's taxidermy. Can't wait to look at all the fish mounts as I try to make my decision! Tight lines. PB.
Sounds good to me, you will definitely catch a bigger perch, 10" seed is about as big as they get. They are a lot prettier too!
16.3 lb lake trout he mounted for me i caught on champlain
Doug has done 5 fish for me excellent work on all of them, priblem is he takes a long time
Just some advise, when looking for a taxidermist. cheap doesn't mean good!! Do your homework, go to the guy's shop and look at his work. Ask questions and shop around, don't just settle on cheap because more than likely you will get crap in return and that trophy that you thought enough of to have mounted will end up collecting dust in the basement.