learning fish

Submitted by jonneyc on 11/22/01. ( ) 64.12.96.104

have several bass crappie blugill and walleye frozen whole in the freezer would like to try my hand at mounting them hwere or what manual covers skinning to finishing a fish these are just practice
specimens of my own.

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WASCO

This response submitted by Elmer on 11/22/01. ( Topstaxidermy@aol.com ) 152.163.188.34

will have everything to get you started.


Forget The Crappie

This response submitted by Old Fart on 11/22/01. ( ) 64.122.32.179

Do the others first. Crappies are very tough. Lots of info on this in the archives.


WASCO

This response submitted by Kenny on 11/23/01. ( ) 205.188.208.134

Like Elmer said, WASCO will have everything you need, I recommend you purchase Tom Sextons "Mounting a largemouth bass A to Z" video and Breakthrough manual, "Fish Taxidermy Manual" and the Tom Sexton fish finishing manual, these will be your biggest expense, a few simple tools will get you started, but wait until you get these first as you might have some of the tools already, you just don't know it yet. Anyway all of these will be cheaper than having one quality mount done by a professional taxidermist. Hope this helps you out. And as Old Fart said, wait on the crappie, notorious for scales popping off.


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