Fishing mounts...

Although it was big & long, it was the ugliest bass I've ever caught. It's head was flattened in like that when I caught it and it had horribly drab coloring. Looking at the fish you would think the taxidermist did a horrible job, but it was just an UGLY fish. Fins were frayed & stuff.
A few years after catching this one I landed a bohemouth smallie, that "only" taped out at 19", but had to have beat this one by 2# and had picture perfect coloring. To this day the prettiest fish of any species I've ever caught.

 

Got a 1lb 12 oz Redear from Lake Barkley and a couple 6 lb smallies on the wall from Dale Hollow..



Here are a couple smallies that I turned back last spring at Dale Hollow.

 

I wanna play!! Try to not make fun of my odd faces, girly hoodie, or hat . Its about the fish!

 

Stuck these monsters on a 3wt fly rod.
Both released.

While the second one looks like a war mouth I've checked with a fisheries person and based on the fins we think it is a green sunfish...if it is then I would have released the Georgia State record. Live and learn.

 

Most def. a green sunfish

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This girl had already spawned out, but she would have made a beautiful mount pre-spawn. She REALLY hated lizards anywhere near the dock that she was laying under. She was caught 4 times in a few week span but was never caught again.

 

I think It's a green too. What a giant green!!

 

AMEN! I'll occasionally eat a smaller walleye and I did bring back salmon from Alaska... but they were going to die anyway that year. The baby machines... the big old females of trout, walleyes and the like get a free ride. Bass... I don't really fish for them. Catch one occasionally but go out of my way to avoid them. LOL

 

Thanks Siman, yeah she's a Northern, pretty excited to get her back. Can't take much credit for it though caught her walleye fishing in 30 feet of water. Three portages and and lots of paddling finally got her back to the cabin!

 

Reposted from last summer;

Afternoon of catfishing on the Alabama River. That's a four foot fence.

 

I'm waiting to get a largemouth that tips the 10 lb mark before I get it mounted. This was my best bass last summer. It came out of a 14 acre pond on the family ranch. Fishing a 5" senko rigged wacky style, tequila sunrise was the color. Not too shabby for the backyard.


Here's a few others the wife and I have taken out of this honey hole.





This one was caught inadvertently on a chug bug in August while fishing for bass, but it's a decent crappie hole too

 

My biggest brown and muskie to date. A replica mount of them would be kind of cool, but I think I can top them. Especially the muskie. I've hooked bigger of both, but failed to land them.

 

Very awesome pictures and fish.

 

Was waiting for some pics from you. Fricking awesome!!!

 

Although its still a great pic, why the head down on the muskie? A "not worthy" reference? Showing off the hat? Coincidence?

 

Here is my only fish mounted. Caught her the last year we had our 15 ac pond on our lease. ODNR came in and drained the pond due to a break in the damn. Also, used a piece of drift that I found the same day as the backing.

 

I'd like to have a big flathead mounted, inhaling a perch or shad or something. I'm more into the catfish, I like sitting and waiting

 

You let your brother borrow your hat I see. Hah

Those are really great fish... Wow!

 

Coincidence. The line was wrapped around my leg. We didn't take many pics because we wanted to get her back asap. That is probably the best pic of just the fish. She's the star, not me.

That fish was actually part of a double. My brother hooked his fish first, about two seconds before I hooked mine. We were fishing opposites sides of the boat. It was a pretty cool event. The wind blew us to the shore as we fought the fish, so we got out for a few pics.

 

Why dont you post pictures more often Vito? Very cool.