Finally recieved my brook/speckled trout mount!

[fishinfey8]

After a year and two months I finally recieved the call from the taxidermist! Here she is at 25in and 6.5 lbs!!

(sorry bout the pic quality, phone camera)...

[swamptiger]

Wow, and she is a beauty!!

[reinhard1]

the mount looks great. my biggest is a 4 pounder taken from topper lake on the gunflint trail through the ice. they are beautiful and special fish. good luck.

[so haaad]

25 inches is big anywhere you go. Awesome colors.

[OnAFly]

Wow, that is a beautiful mount. Prettiest fish around in my opinion.

Was it a lake caught fish or a river caught fish?

[fishinfey8]

Caught in a Canadian lake. Thanks for the nice comments. I got the mount done at Artistic Anglers.

[MN BassFisher]

I've heard great things of Artistic Anglers, and that mount looks awesome! Would look splendid in a cabin somewhere on a quiet lake....

[deets22]

that is awesome. beautiful mount.

[LETSgoFISHIN]

lake nipigon by chance?

[fishinfey8]

Bingo. I have to share this story...so my dad and I were casting shorlines with minimum sucess. I was getting a bit tired of repetative casting, not to mention keeping the boat in position in 15mph winds with cloud cover and 50 degree weather. In a matter of a half hour it went from cold and windy to calm, sunny and warm. I was just about to take off my jacket when I decided to take one more cast. I casted out and started talking to my dad about swithching locations. I had completed about a third of the retrieve when I looked back at my lure to see a huge brookie following close behind it. I was startled and "froze" which caused me to stop the retrieve. My brain took about one second to comprehend the size of the fish and I started reeling again. BAM!! - the fish smacked the bait as soon as I started reeling. It was a nerve-racking battle all the way to the boat, but we managed to land the fish of a lifetime!

[splakeshaker]

A fish of a lifetime for sure! Congrats to you! I bet your Dad was just as excited!!!! Awesome Mount! Beautiful fish!

[BRULEDRIFTER]

Sweet! Beautiful fish! Was it a skin mount?

[Heartman]

Sweet fish - great job on the mount with color and all - really really cool!

[Steve Foss]

Brookies are so beautiful, and that's one kick-arse piece of artistic mounting. I'd love one like that on my wall.

[fishinfey8]

Thanks again for the nice comments guys. It is a real mount, not a replica.