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 Time for BIG fish!!!!
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02/25/16 04:43 PM
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Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 2,929
Beltonbanger�
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This is the time of the year that I start getting the SOWS in. With that being said, proper care after the catch is essential to a great mount on your wall. Couple steps!!! 1-Ice the fish as soon as possible. Couple pictures are fine....I find them useful IF they are quality. 2-Get that fish FROZE!!!! My advise is, use an old towel, t-shirt or cloth(cotton best). Get it thoroughly wet and wrap your fish in it. Keep fins laid down and make sure the tail gets extra cloth that can be folded over for support to prevent damage. Place fish in a plastic bag(good bags are the ones your ice came in) and freeze the fish flat. 3-Get the fish to the taxidermist. IF you have to ship a fish remember this, many times shipments are stored in rooms that are far warmer than outside. That fish needs to be shipped early in the week, first or second day and wrapped in as much insulation as feasible. DON"T ship if there is a possibility that your fish could sit in a warehouse for the weekend!!! YIKES, it has happened and it isn't pleasant opening that shipment!!! TRUST me!!!! Here are a few things folks don't consider. The digestive enzymes in the stomach of the fish still keep working....EVEN ON A DEAD ICED FISH! The stomach area of the fish is the first to degrade!!! Pictures are fine, but you can run around with the mount and get the fish froze for now! Show them your selfie until then!!!!! Get your big fish mounted or release it. I could go on a tropical vacation if I had a $ for everyone that said, "I wished I would have mounted it"!!!! Fish like this(3lbs.+) don't grow on trees...........unless they are under water!!!!! GOOD LUCK this season!!!!!!  Heck with the soda can....I use a coffee can!!! If properly cared for, I can get quality photos of the fish before skinning as seen here!!! Don't ask where this one was caught, client wants all the bragging rights!!!!
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Re: Time for BIG fish!!!!
[Re: Beltonbanger�]
#11438619
02/25/16 04:55 PM
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Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 371
Jesse10
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OMG! Monster!!!! Very rare!
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Re: Time for BIG fish!!!!
[Re: Beltonbanger�]
#11438680
02/25/16 05:23 PM
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Joined: May 2013
Posts: 1,266
Ruffneck2000
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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'A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his, or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including ones life.' (Author unknown)
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Re: Time for BIG fish!!!!
[Re: Beltonbanger�]
#11438732
02/25/16 05:41 PM
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Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 4,872
moonriver
TFF Team Angler
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Re: Time for BIG fish!!!!
[Re: Beltonbanger�]
#11438780
02/25/16 06:04 PM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 736
Jerry T.
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Wow...
Congrats to the client. What a fish.
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Re: Time for BIG fish!!!!
[Re: Beltonbanger�]
#11439715
02/26/16 12:55 AM
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 7,067
crope1
Ronnie Hurt'em Roberts
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Ronnie Hurt'em Roberts
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Re: Time for BIG fish!!!!
[Re: Beltonbanger�]
#11440096
02/26/16 03:04 AM
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Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,662
Action_Jackson
Extreme Angler
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Katchin krappie...doin surgeries(filleting)...and givin hott grease baths until krunchy and golden brown is what it's all about!!!
"STAY ready for the THUMP"!!!!
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Re: Time for BIG fish!!!!
[Re: Beltonbanger�]
#11440154
02/26/16 03:22 AM
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Joined: Jul 2011
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Laker One
TFF Guru
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TFF Guru
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Nice slab! So far it has been a pretty good winter! 
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Re: Time for BIG fish!!!!
[Re: Action_Jackson]
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02/26/16 04:12 AM
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 7,067
crope1
Ronnie Hurt'em Roberts
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Ronnie Hurt'em Roberts
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lol! There you have it....
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Re: Time for BIG fish!!!!
[Re: Beltonbanger�]
#11443871
02/28/16 12:16 AM
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Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 2,929
Beltonbanger�
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Extreme Angler
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Iron Mike fishes???? 
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