Dead monster fish

Well me and my grandfather do taxidermy work and I would like to ad more tropicals to what I have at home beneath is some of the fish laying around the house that we have done

So if you have a fish over a foot that dies and don't want to throw it out or burry it and see it go to waste I'd love to have it to add to my collection



My creamsicle Midas

35 inch koi I caught I a local pond


In the process of finishing a silver arowana right now
Pm if you have anything your willing to give me


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Under a foot sure I could do it but its a question of if I really want to I'd really like a foot or above cause its just easier to work with and depending what the fish and what it would cost to ship I would possibly pay shipping if it was something like a nice big pbass, tiger fish, or something exotic like that if its just your run of the mill Cichlid I wouldn't bother paying for something like that


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jsodwi said:

I have a 30" clown knife that's been in my freezer for a year. It's big and heavy. I would send it to you instead of burying it or whatever else

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Pm'd


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fwprawn said:

Neat.

Just curious why the Koi died ?

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The koi died because when I caught it its illegal to release it back in the pond since it is invasive species and they have been try to catch it out of the pong for years so when I got home with it it was still alive I immediately put it in the biggest tub I had but I could not find anyone to take a koi so large and unfortunately she went belly up after 2 and a half hours of heavy breathing and laying on her side I had know where to put such a large fish I think between fighting her for 40 minutes on 6 pound test and then driving home ten minutes with her out of water just wrapped in a wet towel did her in I called around everywhere and tried posting on Craigslist to see if someone would take her for a koi pond but know one responded
Nothing I could really do....


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fwprawn said:

Shame - gorgeous fish - at least you didn't just leave it by the side of the pond like some people.

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I would have rather seen it in a nice big koi pond then where it is now but I just couldn't find anyone with a big enough area to house such a fish
It was an unfortunate situation but I tried and did what I could


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