Fishing mounts...

Lets see them!

I currently have a Largemouth in the freezer that needs done...

 

I dont have any. Hope to over time though. Have caught a lot that most would mount and I would have if I could afford it.

 

The best part about catching a big fish, is watching it swim away.

 

Honestly, with that bass pictured above, i found her floating in mid July...fresh dead. She was a resident of my lake. I caught her about a dozen times over a 10 year stretch.

 

Didn't mount it but it sure was a nice one

 

Here is a big carp we caught while draining a buddy's farm pond last spring

 

Do you mount spikes as well? Who mounts a 3lb fish?

 

Didn't mount this guy as its not a trophy for a striped bass. But sure was fun to catch and delicious with some potatoes and broccoli that night.

 

A) That would require me to shoot a buck

B) That bass weighed over 8lbs with eggs. In Ohio.

 

The fish in picture? 8 lbs?

 

Siman must be way bigger then he looks lol. Its a nice fish either way, I dont see 8lbs but pictures can take away from a fish. I have taking pics with fish cuz Im a fattie and make fish look small lol

 

I don't have any mounted to show you...I release all of the big fish....I've had a 41" Musky, a 39" chinook salmon that went about 25#, also Crappies that were pushing 16" long along with some monster bluegill...well those I may have eaten, LOL.

 

Are you sure ? This one weighed 8lb 5 ounces.

 

I'm just messing with Caleb. I might mount a fish if I could catch anything over 4 lbs...and my wife would let me put a mount of anything in the house...

 

Here is my only fish mount. She was about 8.5 lbs. Honestly I don't like the mount and will not use the guy for fish anymore, it just looks like a fish floating with its mouth open, it lacks action.

 

Yeah I'm just giving you crap. That actually makes for a cool story.

My parents got a lot of fish mounted for us as kids. Their house is full of them. They do provide a lot of cool memories now. I'm just not that into mounts to get them done myself.

 

Yeah thats pretty common with fish mounts, especially bass. I like big pike/musky type fish mounts, but bass and trout tend to look unnatural in my opinion.

 

I still might get a replica of one of these two, or both. I have not decided yet. I caught them both in June so they are not near as fat as I would like to put on the wall. If I end up with some extra cash laying around I will probably get them done... someday.

 

Awesome for sure. We have some big ones in the river here but Ive never really fished for them. They are tough for sure, and the small mouth are hard to pass up. Its on my to do list though.

 

Muskies are awesome man. They are addicting just like bowhunting is. Pick a week and dedicate to these big fish.
I used to think bass where the way to go, but I cant fish for them for more then 20 minutes now.