Fish Mounts - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Mr. NiceGuy · 11-17-2015, 06:53 PM

It might be fun to figure out a quick DIY ...

Bring it home, make a quick cast of some sort, and fill it with plaster, or hydrocal, etc.

If I can figure out a quick molding system it might be fun to collect casts of interesting fish before they are cut up and cooked for dinner.

tunaseeker · 11-18-2015, 07:14 AM

There are some videos on YouTube as to how they do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65prCc6xp7I

Or you can make one out of a palm tree husk like these...

Goose1993 · 11-18-2015, 07:45 AM

I'd like to know this too. I am moving to a new house this summer and wanted to mount/replicate (whatever they do) some of the fish I catch this summer. Like the ones you see at tackle shops and hanging all over the place at bass pro.

I want to get a yellowtail, yellowfin, and Yellowstone cutthroat trout made, as these are all my favorite fish. Maybe a dorado too, but I don't know if I will have room. I know they sell these already made, but I want a custom replica of a fish I CAUGHT so it has character and the story behind it.

So yaa I'm wondering how they do this process too. Do they replicate it given the measurements and pictures, or do a mold of the fish? Yellowstone trout must be released so it seems that measurements and pictures are the only option. Plus, I'm not going to ship a whole fish back to SD haha.

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11-18-2015, 07:45 AM	#3
Goose1993 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: San Diego Posts: 115	I'd like to know this too. I am moving to a new house this summer and wanted to mount/replicate (whatever they do) some of the fish I catch this summer. Like the ones you see at tackle shops and hanging all over the place at bass pro. I want to get a yellowtail, yellowfin, and Yellowstone cutthroat trout made, as these are all my favorite fish. Maybe a dorado too, but I don't know if I will have room. I know they sell these already made, but I want a custom replica of a fish I CAUGHT so it has character and the story behind it. So yaa I'm wondering how they do this process too. Do they replicate it given the measurements and pictures, or do a mold of the fish? Yellowstone trout must be released so it seems that measurements and pictures are the only option. Plus, I'm not going to ship a whole fish back to SD haha.