Walleye Mounts

[GLF]

I am sure some of you have a walleye mounted and hanging on your wall. Lets see your walleye mount(s).

[Nailer]

[NO MO BEGGEN]

2008

[Sea-Mac]

[fishsniffer]

doesnt look like youve even had a flake of dust on that bad boy mike:grin:

[fishsniffer]

rogers fish is extra nice cus its from the future:grin:

[Rayman96]

To date, I have not caught a walleye worthy of a mount. It would have to be 12 lbs. or bigger. It would be documented, released and have a replica mount made.

Question..........How many have real mounts??

[DIRTY DOG]

all of mine are real.

[redneckhunter322]

Edited December 6, 2009 by GLF
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[DIRTY DOG]

Heres mine, a 13 lb'er from a lake near chaplua canada

[ALLEYES]

33 1/4" long 21" girth....

[NO MO BEGGEN]

what do you guys use to keep them mounts so clean. i have a hard time keeping the dust and grud of mine liveing on a dirt road

[ALLEYES]

I wipe mine down with a damp washcloth.

[Nailer]

33 1/4" long 21" girth....

And you didn't weigh it? Bad Steve.

[Adam Bomb]

Ken, seems to me Steve's fish is like 15# if i remember correctly.

[ALLEYES]

LOL....I never weighed it on a certified scale. I still can't find anywhere around here that has one. On walleye centrals weight calculator it comes up 15.18 lbs.....

Adam, you have one heck of a memory !

[jay d]

after seeing it i would say its all of 15 plus,for sure the biggest real mount i have seen.great fish steve:grin:

[GLF]

33 1/4" long 21" girth....

LOL....I never weighed it on a certified scale. I still can't find anywhere around here that has one. On walleye centrals weight calculator it comes up 15.18 lbs.....

Adam, you have one heck of a memory !

Shooomama! Thats one slab-o-saurus!

[Rayman96]

LOL....I never weighed it on a certified scale. I still can't find anywhere around here that has one.

Steve;

Every grain dealer and butcher shop, meat counter or abattoir will have certified scales as per state or federal regulation for resale of product.

HIH

[ALLEYES]

Anybody that sells meat here in Michigan has certified scales. But they cannot use them for weighing anything that has not been inspected by the FDA. I begged several to weigh it and no one would.

[Rayman96]

Seems to me they couldn't be bothered. That's too bad.

The MDNR lists grocery store and meat market as locations to weigh your fish.

State records are recognized by weight only. To qualify for a state record, your fish must exceed the current listed state record weight and identification must be verified by a DNR fisheries biologist (see office locations page 47). All fish, whether state record or qualifying catch and keep entry, must be weighed on a commercial scale (grocery store, meat market, etc) and record the business name where scale is located. If possible, attach weight slip.

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_52261_10948-70758--,00.html

[ALLEYES]

They ( meat markets) can lose their license for putting any meat or fish on the scale that has not been inspected. Michigan has some of the toughest meat handling laws in the nation.

You would think the DNR would know this.......

[Adam Bomb]

We always used to weigh fish at the meat market down the road here. Never had an issue at all. Unfortunately with the bad economy and being a small market near the big box stores theyve closed their doors. Miss that place and its only been gone a few months now.

[Rayman96]

What if you used a heavy plastic bag so the fish never actually touched their scale.

Also a butcher shop that processes deer for hunters would be equipped to weigh fish for you as well.

[Walleyeguy]

I had my fish weighed at a local fruit/meat market. They just put it in a plastic bag first and tied it up tight so that it would fit on the scale, then printed a sticker with the info on it. They were happy to do it.