jimbobber Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 Here is a picture of my 27 lb king i caught in the big red classic this year! The pic does not do it justice it looks skinny in the pic but trust me it turned out just like it was when i caught it! Thanks to Jim Bonnello of jims taxidermy in flat rock.
Rascal Trophy Fishing Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 Congrats on the excellent fish mount and catch, nice.
Line Dancin Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 The mount looks great Jim. How did the brown come out?
jimbobber Posted October 18, 2011 Author Posted October 18, 2011 the brown came out great to Aaron ,Nick is very happy!
DocPaul Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 Nice jim, good to know where to take a fish if I get a big one like that, how did you freeze it?
Just Hook'n Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 AWESOME. Man, that was a fast turn around on that mount. Mind me asking how much that set you back?PM if you don't want to share publically.
Line Dancin Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 Best way to freeze a fish you are going to have mounted is soak a towell with water wring it out and then wrap the fish. The put in a garbage bag and wrap trying to squeeze out as much air as possible. lay as flat as possible in the freezer and dont let it stay in to long before getting it to a taxedermist.
jimbobber Posted October 18, 2011 Author Posted October 18, 2011 I laid all the fins down to the body, made sure the tail stayed flat and wraped it in a moist towel then put it in a bag,(I did not have to freeze it cus Jim took it the next day )but you would then lay it flat in the freezer and freeze it.
jimbobber Posted October 18, 2011 Author Posted October 18, 2011 Mark it was $10 per inch + $35 for a foam head so it was $450.00 total. Did not see line dancins post before i put mine with the freezing instructions.
somethin' fishy Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Nice lookin mount there Jimmy! Congrats
Priority1 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Jimmy, The fish mount looks fantastic. What a reminder of a great fishing trip.
Just Hook'n Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 That's pretty sweet Jim. Very cool. Love to see it in person some time. Perhaps one of the steelheaders events????
ALLEYES Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 You will be glad it has a fake head. I had a 35 lber mounted many years ago with the real head. Ended up tossing the mount a few years back because it bled so bad it ruined the mount.
jimbobber Posted October 20, 2011 Author Posted October 20, 2011 Ya thats what jim told me about the natural head that i would not like in a few years it would bleed out oil.And ya Mark i may have to bring it to a steelheaders event or maybe the swap meet or something,i just have to make a stand or something the fins are pretty fragile and i get nervouse moving it around or maybe you can come over some time and maybe buy some slammers while your here....... hahaha. I hope to have about four more colors for next year ,ones we did good on this year, and maybe some mini ones to,but not sure about them yet.
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