We had several around when I was a kid. A 7lb bass dad caught and a pair of 2lb bluegills my mom and her sister caught on the same day. The sun coming through the window of my dad’s gas station turned them to dust over about 20 years and they all went to the dump.
A buddy of mine had a skin mount of an 82lb King he caught hanging over his mantle. It was done by a taxidermist in Alaska and was a really great mount.
The cool thing about the replicas now is that you don’t have to do it right away. I have pictures and measurements of a 71lb King and a big Northern I caught that I’m going to get done someday.
