The Week in Fish Pictures" ~Year 3~ Week # 35

[Rick Krane]

The Week in Fish Pictures" ~Year 3~ Week # 35

A very warm and hardy Hello from Hinsdale New Hampshire! I sure do hope that your spring is going well and that fish are coming in the door of your shops!  I know for most it is hard to ride the waves out in a recession and I know some have to get alternative employment which is some times what it takes to get by. Just know that weather you are a part time taxidermist or a full time taxidermist you have the power to do one thing regarding your business with your customers and that is manage your process.
In some cases when crisis hits folks may feel the need to lower the prices of their work but this almost never works or benefits you in the end. I bring this up as I read some of the stories of struggle and hardship. Times changes and with the good times there will be hard times to but there will be good times again for sure. Be steady and ride it out do not lower your prices as it will be hard to raise them once you let your clients know you can and are willing to change prices to meet the times good or bad.  In so many cases what you do and what you offer is a value to being with so don’t make it worth less then what it is worth to begin with!  

So many Talented and gifted fish artists come here each and every week and share with us their passion and inspiration we all can use to motivate us to the next level of satisfaction and success!

Let's start of the week recognizing those who shared their wonderful work with all of us!

Russ from VOWT!!! Russ you’re welcome and thank you for sharing a great work of Bass with us!

Josh Knuth!!! What outstanding work that incorporates beauty and a fun presentation of wonderful work! Very well done!

Chad See!!! Hey my brother! Your fish work is inspirational for sure great Brown Chad!

Jimmy Lawrence!!! It is always a welcomed pleasure to write your name in TWIFP! A wonderful young talent you are MR. Lawrence Great Bass!

Denny 007! Dennis is was very nice to see you at the world show! This is a great China Rock you share this past week! Well done!

Taxi- Lover! What a way cool display of your wood working talent!!!! I really enjoyed seeing your work this week!

Jolt!!! A great customer piece you share this week I know your customer was very pleased for sure!  Well done!!!

Dan B!!! What a detailed display Dan! The passion you put in to your work is inspiring and breathtaking! I’m so glad you shared this beautiful work of fish art this week!

Many!!! Super job again this week many on your Bass!!! Well done on your detail work!!!

Bevis!!! What a great custom molded White Crappie!!! Your work really shows talent and passion!

Perk!!! Tim sweeeeeeeeeeeeet Walleye! I love it!!!!!!!!! Hope to see you may be at the NTA show!

Sarmite!! I can’t wait to see the perch in their underwater glory!! Well done!

Mshultz00!!! Really nice job on your Steelhead! Nice color work!

Clete!!! WOW! A incredible display of work from you my friend this past week! I hope this is for a customer and you made good money for such beauty!

Fishmedic!!! Nice Bass this week for you!!!

SparkyF!!! Well done on the Walleye and I know I would absolutely use this photo in your advertisement it would get my attention! Great fish too!

I want to thank all of the great contributors who really show not only great talent and work but rather give such inspiration to all of us!

A great week Fishheads!!!!!
From beginner's to the best in the world we all join in every week in a critique free and hassle free string with nothing more then great artist and inspiring fish taxidermist and carves get together to share with one another their praise and inspiration of good will and friendship to one another.

I would like to start this week with a few pictures of a Striped Bass. This is a fish I completed for a client just recently and I wanted to share a few pictures with you this week.  

I hope you enjoy the Striped Bass!  

So here goes!

I hope you enjoy the week!

So with out further ado let's get week # 35 under way.

So here we go and here is to a great week in fish pictures!!!! # 35 Enjoy!

My Best!

You're Friend
Rick Krane

I hope you enjoy this Striped Bass!

Here is Mr. Bredens Striped Bass


A bit of head detail!


Here is a detail of the back of head.


Some up close scale work.


I used the great eyes by Jeff Lumsden to custom paint a look!


Different angle.


Rick Krane
Anglers Artistry
312 Chesterfield Road
Hinsdale New Hampshire 03451
Office; 603-336-7296
Web; www.anglersartistry.com

[Travis Jones]

Sweet rockfish Rick!!!!! I love the tipping on the head shot. Thats should be a very happy customer!

[GreenBullhead]

Awesome striper mount! The detail is amazing..
 How big what it? I can't wait to go out for them this summer!!

[spcantwell]

very nice rick,  gotta love those stripers.   hopefully i will have something to post next week

[Trashfish]

Rick your Rock Fish Rocks    Here is one of my entrys from the WTC show.Front side

[Trashfish]

Back Side

[Trashfish]

another view

[Perk]

 Nice job on the lakers Terry !

 BTW, You have way to much time on your hands. Three two sided lake trout HOLY CRAP!

[Jim F]

Rick, they say "those who can't..........teach"
You prove that statement wrong!
Love the Striper!!!

Trashfish, man I love those Lakers!!!!! Awesome presentation!!
Some people around here actually consider those "trashfish".
Not me...they're fun to catch and I love them boiled.

[Kerby Ross]

Saweet !



Kerby...

[fishslayer13]

Trashfish------------- Totally outstanding !!!!!!!!!!

[dsmithgall]

Sweet fish Rick & Terry- we are not worthy.......

[garyc71]

This is a 20 year old Bass that I repaired and repainted for one of my good customers.

[den007]

Trashfish.........good meeting you at the World Show. That laker display was very ambitious. Buggers to mount. Now, not knowing much about competition, I would think complexity such as this must figure in somehow. Let's face it, it is quite a bit more difficult to pull off a piece like this than some other entries I saw. I know there are single fish, group fish, etc., but the degree of difficulty on this one seems like it must weigh into the equation of a ribbon. I would like like to learn more about how this equates. That repaint is sweet. Customer must have been ecstatic. While part of me likes to restore ol' buggers like this, it usually does not pay well. Yet, it is satisfying. Enjoyed meeting lots of folks at the show. Wish I had attended more of the fish seminars, and gotten around a bit more than I did. I can't believe how far away some folks came from.....like the nice ladies and gentleman from New Zealand. It has been a long time since I have talked with Ron "Catfish" Kelly........but that was nice, especially seeing how talented his son Josh turned out and seeing them both do well. Psycho, Russ, and yes, even Michael P. .........room 920 was a real hoot. I think I bailed out at just about the right time...just not much of a social butterfly like my buddy Garth.I tried to get him to redo his outfit at Bass Pro Shop, but it was in vain. Pescado.......glad to meet another sushi afficianado.....it is amazing after gutting som many fish we still have any taste for the raw stuff. Really sold on that airbrush.......did hours of detailing today without dry tip, or any hassles at all. Evelyn......I almost petted that cat until I realized.....ooops....freeze dry! LOL I still can't believe what some artists create and lug around the world. Glad all I had to bring was an airbrush, and even at that, broke a bottle of lacquer that stunk up an entire floor of a hotel that will remain unnamed. Beautiful town too......would not mind living there except I am a die-hard cheesehead.

[Barry MFD]

nice remod on that LM, Gary I love seeing old mounts brought back to life
Stripers are my favorite to catch so love seeing beautiful work on those, nice one here and always love seeing your stripers Travis so post up another soon
Beautiful Lakers Trashfish