Got my gills back!

[WallyGader]

Couple blue gills i had molded, and couldnt be more happy, other than they shrunk more than i thought in the freezer

10 5/8"

10 1/2"

[reinhard1]

that is excelent work plus great gills. memories for a lifetime. good luck.

[Gordie]

Great Gills and I'm still waiting for mine Hope they will be done by Xmas

[Friar_Tuck]

purdy mounts~they really look superb!!

[delmuts]

Great coloration!! Looks good!

[LPCrowRiverFisherman]

where were these done? they are great

[DTro]

That bottom fish looks like it could flop back into the water. Very nice!!

[WallyGader]

The molds were done by Tim Overbaugh, he also just mounted, and molded the 5lb world record sunfish from arizona (for obvious reasons).

These bulls were 11" and 11 1/4" when taken from the lake, and were in the freezer for about 4+ months(myself to blame)before I found Tim. Just something to be aware of before sticking your trophys in the freezer!

[Chad Peterson]

They are well done and I like the one on the bottom. Good info on the freezer too.

Sniffer

[mrklean]

Looks awesome nice colors

[The Grebe]

Wow! Who done those for you?

[mainbutter]

Excellent work!

So you had them 'molded'.. does that mean those are fiberglass replicas, but that the molds were cast from the fish you harvested? If so, that sounds intriguing, because I'm a fan of the long-term durability of fiberglass.

[Scott M]

Great mounts! I have a 17.25" black crappie that I took in for molding a year later and it too shrunk and lost weight. I guess the proper way is to freeze it in a chunk of ice and get it done quickly. There isn't a lot of great information out there about preparing fish for molding versus traditional mount preparation.

Nice job on some bruisers!

[Jeremy airjer W]

Those are incredible looking!

[jigging-matt]

Very Nice.

[BartmanMN]

Fantastic looking mounts there. You should be very pleased.

[Chode2235]

Great mounts! I have a 17.25" black crappie that I took in for molding a year later and it too shrunk and lost weight. I guess the proper way is to freeze it in a chunk of ice and get it done quickly. There isn't a lot of great information out there about preparing fish for molding versus traditional mount preparation.

Nice job on some bruisers!

What is the difference between molding vs traditional mounts? I guess I don't know either.

[Hoyt4]

They look awesome put up the taxidermist. I'm very interested in getting some done. I also had a 16.5 crappie shrink down.

[harvey lee]

Those may be the nicest 2 gills I have ever seen.

[harvey lee]

Excellent work!

So you had them 'molded'.. does that mean those are fiberglass replicas, but that the molds were cast from the fish you harvested? If so, that sounds intriguing, because I'm a fan of the long-term durability of fiberglass.

YOu pretty much got it.

By doing the mold, the supplier can sell fish of that exact size to others who may want one on thier wall. When they first started to do this, many would mount your fish for almost nothing to get a mold of a specie or size that they did not have on hand.

[Scott M]

Right, the molded fish was for a start up replica taxidermist. He was looking for large fish to use for other customers that wanted replicas of the same dimensions.

[eyehead]

Wallygader,

Did you happen to take a girth measurment of that 11 1/4?

I ask because I caught and released an 11 1/4" last weekend....It was a pretty skinny 11 1/4 with only an 11" girth. Im thinkin I may have a tough time finding that size mold around! I tried Tim but he doesnt have it.

Thanks

[slurpie]

Look great.

[WallyGader]

eyehead, sorry i never did get a girth mesurment on that fish, the male 11 1/4" was a tank and was far from skinny. The female that was 11 was a bit more slender but not by much.

[rangerforme]

I recently got my pair of gills back from Tim as well. He does just awesome work, the colors are amazing.