Posted By: JJHunts
Taxidermist - 06/27/17 03:37 PM
TFF,
I'm looking for a good fish taxidermist in the DFW area that still does a good job on real fish. I'm a catch and release guy that prefers replicas. I have caught 5 fish that have been DD's over the years and all were CPR'd. The reason I ask this question is I caught a giant fish this weekend in a tourney. The fish was hooked in the side of the mouth at 9:30 AM. I used G-Juice, ice jugs to keep the water at around 73, ran the pumps non stop, and run a late model Phoenix 920XP. Unfortunately the fish died about 30 minutes before weigh in. The fish weighed 8.96 dead, the rules of the tourney do not allow you to weigh a dead fish for BB. We won the tournament by 7lbs with the penalty. The sad thing is we did not need her to win.
I want the fish to atleast go to a good cause and I did not want to eat her while I have cobia, snapper & flounder in my freezer. So if you are a taxidermist or know of one that will do a good skin mount please let me know.
Thanks in advance!
JJ
I'm looking for a good fish taxidermist in the DFW area that still does a good job on real fish. I'm a catch and release guy that prefers replicas. I have caught 5 fish that have been DD's over the years and all were CPR'd. The reason I ask this question is I caught a giant fish this weekend in a tourney. The fish was hooked in the side of the mouth at 9:30 AM. I used G-Juice, ice jugs to keep the water at around 73, ran the pumps non stop, and run a late model Phoenix 920XP. Unfortunately the fish died about 30 minutes before weigh in. The fish weighed 8.96 dead, the rules of the tourney do not allow you to weigh a dead fish for BB. We won the tournament by 7lbs with the penalty. The sad thing is we did not need her to win.
I want the fish to atleast go to a good cause and I did not want to eat her while I have cobia, snapper & flounder in my freezer. So if you are a taxidermist or know of one that will do a good skin mount please let me know.
Thanks in advance!
JJ