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Old school fish skin mounts, anyone still have them?
My only one is this large mouth bass caught in 1972 in Ct. it has held up surprisingly well for its 50year old age.
Have 2 more, rainbow trout and a redfish, but they are replica mounts.
If you have a skin mounts post them up, tell us how old. Would like to see them.

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No old mounts. Thanks for posting.


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48 inch 48 lb Alagnak King taken on a fly in 1993. Anthony Canova of Jonas Bros. in Denver did the skin mount with a molded head. Said you just couldn't get all the oil out of a real skull.

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Have a male and female Lahontan trout done in 1982. Will have to take a pick as they are in my office. Wife caught the larger male.


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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.

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Limapapa that is a beauty for sure and in nice condition. I have seen some skin mounts that are just ratty looking and some pass the test of time.

1minute, please take a picture of those two. Cool that you and your wife each caught one.

Kid, I like replica mounts for that reason also. Some times you just don’t have the money or you don’t want to kill the fish. Sometimes you just want to eat it. 😁

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I had a 6 lb 12 oz bass skin mounted 5 years ago. The taxi did a good job and it looks very realistic. I didn't want a repli fish. I caught a 31.5" walleye years ago that I still sometimes regret not getting mounted but I ate it.

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This is my 30 year old brook trout.
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This second photo is just to give perspective to how big this brook actually is compared to the birds.
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My wife has a 30 pounder fish skin mount and she's not afraid to point it out to me.

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Nice Laker, Mick. Granby fish?

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Originally Posted by Big Sky
This is my 30 year old brook trout.
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This second photo is just to give perspective to how big this brook actually is compared to the birds.
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WOW nice Brookie Big Sky, where did you catch it, Labrador? How much did it weigh?

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Originally Posted by Big Sky
This is my 30 year old brook trout.
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This second photo is just to give perspective to how big this brook actually is compared to the birds.
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Wow, that’s a huge brook trout!

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Originally Posted by MickinColo
My wife has a 30 pounder fish skin mount and she's not afraid to point it out to me.

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Wives are like that. 😂

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At the cabin, there is a nice bass skin.


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A co-workder Isa Taxidermist, he still does skin mounts.
Prefers them actually.


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Big Sky nice brook trout! Love those colors.

Here is my trio from the Madison River all caught between Hebgen and Earthquake lakes. It has been at least 25 years since I caught them. I still remember exactly where each was caught.

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Originally Posted by Limapapa
Nice Laker, Mick. Granby fish?

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Originally Posted by Big Sky
This is my 30 year old brook trout.
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This second photo is just to give perspective to how big this brook actually is compared to the birds.
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Very nice brookie. I've got a 5 1/2 pound brook that was 22" caught in Wva years ago. It's a pretty mount but the size is nowhere close

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5 1/2 pound 22" brookie from Wva about 15 years ago.
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