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Did the both of you have mounts done by the same taxidermist...I'm thinking it may have something to do with the skill of the technician?....I had my Oreochromis mounted years ago but I wasn't thrilled about the result and even less so was my wife as it was her favorite fish...The guy did warn me that he had never mounted an aquarium fish and that the coloring might not be the same.
 
AquaticAustin said:
This seems like a good thread to ask sething iv always wondered about fish mounts. I have a large mouth bass mount but its "real" like it has its mouth open and you can see the gills and tiny teeth etc and its totally different from my brothers big drum fish of some sort (sw) but his is just really fake looking like the mouth is open but its just solid inside no detail,teeth, etc. Theres very little texture on it and it just looks like fiberglass or w.e. I find big sw fish mounts tend to look this way like swordfish and I was just wondering why? Is it a size thing, a sw thing, what? I just want to make sure when I get another it doesnt look like his

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sounds like his sw fish is a replica mount
 
Yes his is absolutely a replica and no done by different places but the quality difference baffles me I would be really pissed to recieve a mount like that

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the more detail the more $ and also likely the more experienced/talented the person is at what they do. I've seen plenty of real mounts that looked like crap and plenty of fake ones that you'de never guess where fakes.
 
I don't think the detail factors into the amount charged.Its pretty much a flat rate of a certain dollar amount per inch of length of the fish.I guess the detail comes down to the experience and skill level of the taxidermist.
 
The one I have was expensive, but it was also done on Long Island. It is a replica of shorts, only the fins and "nose" are actually off the fish. It definitely is bigger than the original fish and the coloring is a bit different.
 
What does Long Island have to do with the price and what kind of fish do you have mounted?
 
Sharkbite,never mind on the kind if fish.
 
I just figured since it was done in the Hamptons, a well off area, they would jack up the price compared to a mount done elsewhere. I could be wrong.
 
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