Got my PB Trout Mount Back

[Robert Haynes]

[QUOTE=Reggoh;789917]"""Forgive my ignorance because I've never gotten a trout mounted... Do they use the fish's skin like a deer or do they make a replica and paint it? If they paint them, do they make a generic spot pattern and coloration or do they try to mimic the original fish? I'm just asking because the mount looks slightly different than the fish in your picture but the view is of 2 different sides of the fish so it could be different spot patterns."""

Reggoh
I was a taxidermist for 16 years, full time. You can go either way on skin mount or replica. Trout skin has a lot of oil in it and does pose problems but I always preferred doing a skin mount on them. The spots on the trout remain after the mount is dried but are lighter and I always chose during painting to hit the same marks that the fish had, if the fish lacked many spots I would add a few if it would make it look better but seldom did I need to . The mount looks good, the color is a little off. They are a challenging fish to paint and get the color back right.

Clampy, Congratulations on a great fish.

[Reggoh]

[quote=Robert Haynes;789985]

Originally Posted by Reggoh

"""Forgive my ignorance because I've never gotten a trout mounted... Do they use the fish's skin like a deer or do they make a replica and paint it? If they paint them, do they make a generic spot pattern and coloration or do they try to mimic the original fish? I'm just asking because the mount looks slightly different than the fish in your picture but the view is of 2 different sides of the fish so it could be different spot patterns."""

Reggoh
I was a taxidermist for 16 years, full time. You can go either way on skin mount or replica. Trout skin has a lot of oil in it and does pose problems but I always preferred doing a skin mount on them. The spots on the trout remain after the mount is dried but are lighter and I always chose during painting to hit the same marks that the fish had, if the fish lacked many spots I would add a few if it would make it look better but seldom did I need to . The mount looks good, the color is a little off. They are a challenging fish to paint and get the color back right.

Clampy, Congratulations on a great fish.

Thanks for the explanation... very good information!!
I think the mount is beautiful but was just wondering about how they do them.

[redchaserron]

Clampy, congratulations on a great fish and a great mount. Not to hijack, but there's another cool way to have a tropy record of a catch. I have a friend in Colorado that does Gyotaku prints. He applies ink directly to a fish, shading and coloring appropriately, then presses paper to it to make a relief print in actual size. Sometimes he'll do hand coloring and shading after, sometimes it's all in the application. It's really cool looking

Here's a redfish of mine that he did a few years ago, and a sheepie that I just sent him to print as well

[Clampy]

Originally Posted by redchaserron

Clampy, congratulations on a great fish and a great mount. Not to hijack, but there's another cool way to have a tropy record of a catch. I have a friend in Colorado that does Gyotaku prints. He applies ink directly to a fish, shading and coloring appropriately, then presses paper to it to make a relief print in actual size. Sometimes he'll do hand coloring and shading after, sometimes it's all in the application. It's really cool looking

Here's a redfish of mine that he did a few years ago, and a sheepie that I just sent him to print as well

Some people were coloring red fish with black paint then pressing paper on them and selling them for 20 or 30 $ at venice marina a few years back.