To Mount or Not

[Dock Boy]

Just got back from fishing a small lake in Northern MN and my dad cought a 10 1/8 in Blue gill. Is this big enought to mount or not. Please advise asap or it's going to the knife

[ozzie]

deffinatly mountable.......i am sure the overall response will be mount them or let them grow!!! Nice catch!! any pictures????

[PerchPounder]

congrats on the catch and absolutely! it is mountable in fact I have two in the freezer not much bigger than that 10 1/2 and 10 5/8 just waiting for a couple more or enough money to get them done they way i want.

[ASMOLEY]

I would get it mounted!!! If you don't you will regret it later.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

Definatley a fish worthy of mounting.

[jigging-matt]

I agree, Mount it. Had a 10 1/2 incher last season and didn't mount it. Just got back my perch from SD and still kick myself for not doing the sunnie.

[gspman]

Dockboy,

It doesn't matter what the size is. You can mount whatever you want. Most of my taxidermy specimens aren't the biggest of that species that I've caught or killed. There's usually an interesting story behind each one and I decided to have that specimen mounted for the story and to preserve the memory.

[juggs]

You have two choices--mount it or eat it. You can catch a million fish to eat but how many more ten inch bluegills will you catch? Mount the sucker!!

[Barbelboy]

Life is short, stuff it.

[vermilionwally]

How about a 15 inch crappie? I caught one this winter on Boulder Lake in Duluth, but couldnt decide whether to mount it or eat so I took the picture and ate it

[Random guy]

I would mount it, that's a nice fish many will never see.

[andrew chadwick]

I would heve released it. and perhaps gotten a pic.

[katoguy]

I would have released it or ate it (depending on the exact situation). Mounts tend to shrink (at least in one's mind) when you take them home.

[lunker651]

Mount it..... That's what I'll do. You don't see blue gills that big anymore.

[andrew chadwick]

its realy not that impressive. I usualy land at least a 6 over 10 a year. toss it back to reproduce is what I would do. I wouldnt even consider getting a BLG mounted till it pushed 11 1/2, then it would be a replica. I have never caught one over 10 1/2.

[tacklebox7FF]

well.. a 15 in crappie is a nice crappie if your going to mount it..but they get kinda mushy when you eat them that big..I'd throw it back... good breeding stock for the lake...