What's Your Minimum Mounting Size

[Vitreus]

For walleye? For perch?

[Northlander]

I fish walleyes a lot and have caught many over 30" so my standards are higher than most. I have a 32" and 31.25" so now Im looking at 33" for the wall. All replicas because I want others to have a shot at a nice fish after I had it.

Before I caught fish this size I always had 30" as my mark for walleyes. I will say a smaller fish with a lot of meaning to it could also qualify. If my wife ever hooks a 30" plus eye it will replicated.

[reinhard1]

i also have some big fish on the wall. however my buddy has an 11 pound king salmon mounted. not something most would mount. however the reason he mounted this fish because of the memories it gives him every time he looks at it. fogy morning at the mouth of the babtism river. no wind,all alone and no net ect.

so yes it is mostly large fish but for some it's memories, for all big or small have memories of some sort, but some are just more special. good luck.

[Kettle]

30'' walleye at 10 lbs or above, would get replica though, been super close with a 29'' but looking for the elusive 10 pounder

Kettle

[JohnMickish]

For me, there probably isn't a mountable perch, I just don't fish for them. For walleyes, it would be a replica and it would have to be something really special, like maybe 14+ pounds or something like that. I guess I'm spoiled as I have caught more than my share of trophy walleyes too.

[james_walleye]

I have a 30.75 on the wall from 1994. I have been fortunate enough in the past couple years to catch a bunch of 28"+ fish and netted 3 31"+ fish on a lake in Ontario for friends.. If you would have asked me 5 years ago I would have said I would mount a 31". I don't know if there is a number I could put on how big a fish I would mount, or most likely replicate. Probably depends on the body of water. There are a couple bodies of water that are very special to me where maybe 31 yet? The lake in Ontario, over 32"?

[headcheese]

i have a 29 that artistic anglers is currently doing for me. was my first big one and an absolute fatty, probably over 11 lb. that i pulled thru the ice on a river in my hometown on a -10 degree day.

so yea kind of about the memory. if i were to get another one done it will have to be 31 with a real nice color.

[Boar]

I'm currenty putting a 31 on the wall released 2 30's an have had numorous 28's an 29's in the past few years. The next one on the wall has to run very large, over 32.5 perch would be minimum 13. boar

[certified jumbo]

I have a 32.5" eye on the wall. (seagull, 1993). Probably would need to be 34" to mount now. So i probably don't have to worry about it.

Won't mount a perch.

CJ

[Fever]

I believe the question was about minimum sizes for mounting so in my opinion walleyes around 28 inches - (if it's real fat - l0+ lbs like a river walleye) otherwise around that 30 inch mark. And a perch in the 14 inch range is mountable. Opinions very on mounting / replica sizes, and not many people have access to trophy walleye waters so when people talk about frequently catching walleyes around the 31-33 inch range they are very much in the minority. I have a 10 lb 9oz 29.75 incher on the wall and she looks gorgous on a large peice of driftwood with the lure I caught her on in the mouth tied up with 8 lb mono up at an angle to the end of the drift wood.

[jwmiller33]

At least 10 lbs to mount a walleye. Weight means more than length to me. I've always said that I will know when I catch "the one". And it will be a replica

[Seabass77]

Still waiting on my 30"er. Released a really fat 27"er this past weekend. At first sight, I thought it might have been my mounter but no luck.

[headcheese]

Still waiting on my 30"er. Released a really fat 27"er this past weekend. At first sight, I thought it might have been my mounter but no luck.

ha same thing happened to me! had a 27 slam my crank! over 200 feet of leadcore out. once i saw it i was so excited i was shaking. hold it up to the ruler and 27?? what the h!

[hhguide]

My opinion is that if you think its a trophy fish mount it. I have had clients anywhere from 23 inches up to 32 inches mount fish. I wouldn't worry about the 30+ mark anyways... thats my opinion. Alot of thos "30 inchers" are 29 inchers that people want to stretch. The "10 pounders" are usually around 8.5 to 9.5. It takes a truely big walleye to hit that mark. So if you think you caught a great fish that you think you should mount do it. I would suggest though taking pictures of the fish from 4 different angles and letting it go. There are so many good replica makers out there that 10 years down the road if you dont have a bigger one get it mounted. Once again this is my opinion. who knows. As for the perch... Idk I have never caught one big enough to think about it.

[LEECH21]

30 inch mark for me...would be a replica of course.

[GlassEyeangler]

'eye 28"+ depending on what the fish means to me. it's really hard to catch a 30"+ walleye, and get the 10lb+ to boot...doesn't happen often.

perch 28"+ so i guess i will be waiting a long time...seriously though, any perch over 14" in MN is worth mounting, or a small stringer of jumbos (12's and 13's) would look very cool!

[Het]

Years ago, I said I would mount the first double digit (10 lbs or better) walleye I caught. The first one came and went without mounting, and many more to follow. I then raised the bar to 12 lbs. I finally caught my first 12 lber a little over a year ago, and released it after many pictures were taken in case I want to get a replica made. My sights are now on a 13.5 lber. A customer of mine caught (I netted), a 13.6 lber last spring, and released it. It was quite a site. I had an 80 year old customer that boated an 8 1/2 pounder this past spring, his biggest yet, and he had it mounted. Different sized fish mean different things to different people. I've had many father/son trips where dads had 4,5, and six pounders mounted for their kids.

[bigbucks]

Well I mounted a 27.5" that weighed 8 1/4, so I'll have to say that is. Caught it through the ice the night before my 29th birthday. A "couple" of years back, like 15 going on 16. That said I think it would have to be a 30", but I don't know. I've caught a lot of 25-26" fish, but still not beaten that one yet. Waiting on one to get done for my son that was 28.5". He caught it fishing crappies on a noodle of a rod. It was only 7 lbs 1 oz, but a tough scarred old fish & the whole family was in the boat. He was 11 when he caught it. Great memory!

[Cobra]

I will only mount a 10 pounder/30" plus fish....

I get to throw the others back and it's cheaper waiting for the right one. For someone that never fishes and gets a nice big fish of any size... go for it to remember a good trip!

[Musky Buck]

Will never mount 1. Don't care if people do though, just my preference but I'd mount a 18-20 pounder, but I have the feeling that will never happen. Walleye mounts to me all look the same and even some of my best friends now say they'd feel better if they would've released her. I'd rather frame a nice picture of the fish and let her go.

[headcheese]

Will never mount 1. Don't care if people do though, just my preference but I'd mount a 18-20 pounder, but I have the feeling that will never happen. Walleye mounts to me all look the same and even some of my best friends now say they'd feel better if they would've released her. I'd rather frame a nice picture of the fish and let her go.

replicas man. even if you think they all look the same i think they look pretty good on the wall!