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.
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.
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.
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. 😁
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.
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.