| Fish mounts come in several shapes sizes, colors | | | | insulated box so it will still be frozen when it |
| and materials. There is much more to them than | | | | arrives with the taxidermist. |
| you might at first think. Whether you want to | | | | Conservation and pure squeamishness mean that |
| bring home a trophy to remind you of your | | | | taxidermy is not an option everyone wants to |
| recent fishing vacation or you simply want an | | | | pursue. Now, however, there is an alternative |
| attractive wall decoration that reflects your | | | | way to get great fish mounts. |
| hobbies, you'll have several options for the | | | | Fiberglass Replicas |
| perfect fish mounts. | | | | These aren't fish at all, but these fish mounts |
| Traditional taxidermy | | | | sure do look real these days. They are realistically |
| These are what we normally think of as fish | | | | painted and stylish; these types of fish mounts |
| mounts - or stuffed fish. They've been around for | | | | are lighter in weight than the traditional |
| centuries and you can have the very fish you | | | | taxidermist's art. |
| caught preserved for the future this way. These | | | | You can have your exact fish made into a replica |
| fish mounts are actually the skin of the fish you | | | | by taking a series of photos of it from all possible |
| caught stretched over a plaster or foam frame | | | | directions. A taxidermist or a specialist in fiberglass |
| back into the life-like shape; in fact, so life-like | | | | replica fish mounts will then reproduce this fish in |
| you'd swear the fish was still swimming. These | | | | perfect detail - while the fish lives to swim |
| kinds of wall mounts are then usually mounted in | | | | another day. The background to your fiberglass |
| wood and glass cases and they may have a | | | | replica fish mounts can then have a specially |
| background painted in keeping with the fish mount. | | | | designed scene to match the particular conditions |
| To have this service performed on a fish you | | | | in which the fish was caught. |
| have caught, you should wrap the whole fish in a | | | | Many people would never be able to tell the |
| wet towel, taking care that the fins are flattened | | | | difference between a traditional skin fish mount |
| properly to the body of the fish. Freeze the | | | | and a fiberglass replica fish mount. It's just as |
| whole fish inside a plastic bag if you are choosing | | | | realistic and individual as the fish you caught, but |
| a taxidermist which isn't in your local town or you | | | | you will have the satisfaction of knowing that the |
| can't get to them immediately. After all, you want | | | | fish didn't need to relinquish its life for you to have |
| your fish mount to be preserved in peak | | | | a great fish mount as your trophy reminder of a |
| condition. In this way it can be mailed in an | | | | great day of fishing. |