Cost of mounting a crappie (or other fish)?

[BLACKJACK]

There are couple of other posts concerning how to preserve a fish for taxidermy, what are people finding out as far as costs for a crappie mount? Does the price per fish go down if you do two or three? What does it cost for other fish like walleyes and northerns?

By the way, I do have two crappies in the freezer to mount. The last couple of times up to Red I've been meaning to grab a 14 incher (I've come to the realizaion that the 15 inchers are nonexistant), but was out locally with my wife several weeks ago and she caught a couple of 14 inchers - and said she wanted them mounted!

[BarryG]

Down here it costs about $10 an inch no matter what kind of fish it is! That is at quaility places though, if you aren't willing to pay the price I wouldn't have it done. I'm talking from experience on that one, I made the mistake of having one mounted from a "friend" and it looks REAL bad now!

[ASMOLEY]

Be carful when taking your fish to the taxidermist who is the cheapest. I got my 31in walleye done by a guy for $75 what a great deal right? Wrong! He must have been color blind because it didn't look anything like when i caught it and he posed it really unatural the mouth is over opened. So i'm a true beliver in you get what you pay for when it comes to taxidermy. I do know another taxidermist that does do excellent work at reasonable rates. Don't know what he charges for fish but it only cost me $225 for a shoulder mount my deer. Let me know if your interested.

[Bass_Bully]

I've had two 15" plus crappies from URL mounted. Each one was $150 plus $25 for driftwood on each. This guy is very good and well worth the money, although it took 18 months to get them back, which I guess is a good sign cause he is that busy.

[fisherman]

Anyone have pictures to post of their crappie mounts. I've got 2 2lber this past week in the freezer. Anyone have pictures they can post and where they've had them done.

Thanks in advance!

[BLACKJACK]

I'm definately not looking for the cheapest job, just a general idea on what to expect for a good job that YOU were satisfied with. Put down some names of taxidermists if they did a really good job. I'm also debating the replica idea, both cost and longevity wise, I thought I'd leave that for another post.

[JoeTC]

I payed $145 + $25 for the drift wood, and had an excellent job done. The crappie looks the same as the day I pulled it out of the water.

Joe

[mnvikingsfreak]

ASMOLEY.......where did you get that taxidermy done at?the deer I mean please e-mail me at [email protected]

thanks!

[hanson]

fisherman- Here ya go man!

15 3/4" Upper Red Lake Crappie (Grandpa's a lucky man!!) with a nice fat bull gill.

And here's my fresh 14 3/4" Upper Red Lake Crappie. I'm going to try and add another 3 or 4 fish to this one this winter.

Close relative of mine did these.

[riverrat56]

hanson-were those replicas or mounts? I like everything done on them except the white on the bottom, really like how the fins weren't "touched up".

[hanson]

They are mounts.

I posted these photos before and the extra white was pointed out. After handling 20 some URL crappies last weekend, the light yellow color really extends way down to the belly. The yellow gets much lighter but doesn't really turn pure white. When I get a couple more done, I'm bringing in very specific photos and will have the 1 fish touched up as well.

[dukhnt]

The bitterness of low quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

[LEECH21]

dukhnt...WOW! Thats really deep! Totally Awesome!

[ASMOLEY]

I wish i would have thought about that two years ago

[Dobber]

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The bitterness of low quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

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Sounds like my ex-wife.

[juggs]

There's a guy in Coon Rapids by the name of Jack Hanson who does a terrific job on crappies for $125 flat. I had him do one several years ago when the price was $100 (plus the cost of the driftwood) and it looks great. You would have to look him up in the white pages--don't think he's listed as a taxidermist.

[hanson]

juggs-

Jack who??

[dukhnt]

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dukhnt...WOW! Thats really deep! Totally Awesome!

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I unfortunately can't take credit for that one. It was on the back of my cousins husbands taxidermy business card. I made the mistake of bringing 2 ducks to a guy for $75, after seeing them, I guess I should have ate them instead. My cousins husband did my snow goose and two bufflehead. There are pics of them on the waterfowl mount thread in the duck hunting forum. Couldn't be more pleased. He unfortunately quit the businees. So my crappie I am holding is at Minnesota Valley in Burnsville. Should turn out great, only six more months till I get it. Can't wait.