fish/reptiles

[simmonstaxidermy]

anything questions or topics freshwater,saltwater and reptiles

[loggy]

Joe,

In days of old actual fish was used. How about today...all molded?

[simmonstaxidermy]

i do both ways skin mount and repro's. if the guy is catch and release i have them take length&girth and get a repro close to the size and go from there or if i get a fresh fish in i'm talking like dead within the first twenty -four hours and its a good fish i'll mold it for future use.i also hand carve all my bodies to the exact size of the fish and cast all fins and heads on all fish , makes for a better mount .no grease bleed through
take care

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whats the going rate on a trout my buddy and member on here got one the palomino and wants to get it mounted look in the trout fourm thanks AL

[simmonstaxidermy]

depends on who you take it to , iwould not settle on paying anything less than $12.00 inch the cheaper it is the lower quality job you will get. ask the taxidermist questions -do you use the real head,fins if so that is bad . i cast all my heads from the real head and do the same on fins , that eliminates shrinkage, grease bleed through and makes for a higher quality job i also hand carve all my bodies for an exact fit for the fish.