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Community => Taxidermy & Scoring => Topic started by: ridgefire on January 03, 2010, 08:10:01 PM

Title: fish mounts
Post by: ridgefire on January 03, 2010, 08:10:01 PM: i caught a native steelhead a couple years ago and took the length and girth measurements and some pics of it. the numbers were 41 inches long and a girth of 22 inches. can i get a mount done of this fish and what kind of price would i be looking at
Title: Re: fish mounts
Post by: MuleySniper on January 03, 2010, 08:11:49 PM: I think Luke at Blackwater charges about $30/inch
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Title: Re: fish mounts
Post by: huntnphool on January 03, 2010, 08:12:47 PM: 41 and 22 would put it close to 30#

These guys do fantastic work but they are not cheap.

http://www.blackwatertrading.com/site/gallery.html#steel
Title: Re: fish mounts
Post by: MuleySniper on January 03, 2010, 08:14:53 PM: Luke is a one man show. Here is a couple he has done for my dad and I.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi94.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fl89%2FMuleySniper%2Fateel2.jpg&hash=29a8a9d02b0b1298031ce875f1c454e7d9ef4362)
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l89/MuleySniper/?action=view&current=IMGP3159.jpg
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi94.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fl89%2FMuleySniper%2FIMGP3160.jpg&hash=1e4260e87afb2baf3abeff8bf9d4abb82687e5b1)
Title: Re: fish mounts
Post by: gasman on January 03, 2010, 08:17:55 PM: I had one done at Rogers Taxadermy in Lakewood. He did a great job and it cost me $350. I chose to go with a "replica" of my fish and he did a good job.

It was a 7.6lb rainbow trout caught at Mineral lake. Not the biggest fish from there but it was my biggest trout ever caught. so i had it done :IBCOOL: