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BEST FISH MOUNTS START AT TIME OF CATCHEdit

Just a little secret to getting the best fish mount possible. First a good taxidermist. No joke, it is a true art to prefect fish. When the fish is out of the water for a while it starts to loose it's color, and when a fish dries it will either be white or black. absolutely no color. Therefore your taxidermist can only assume what it looked like when you caught it. Anyone that fish, and know fish realize there are hundreds of colors that change in the movement of the fish and in the light . When you plan your fishing trip remember three things. Camera, ice, bags of salt.

1. Immediately take pictures of both sides of your fish. Close up's.

2.Place your fish in a bag of salt. Table salt. Make sure the bag is big enough to have your fish flat with no bends or fins crumpled. Make sure the fish is completley covered with salt.

3. Place the bag in ice until you can freeze.

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The PH balance in the slimy covering on the fish changes within a few minutes after removing from the water. The table salt changes the PH balance back to it's original state as if the fish was still in the water. It will be the exact same color when your taxidermist starts the mounting process. With the taxidermist actually seeing the color for their self and your pictures at time of catch the taxidermist cant go wrong. The other plus to this is if you catch a bigger fish you had rather mount, you can remove the fish from the freezer at a later date, clean it and have it for dinner. The table salt acts as a preservative so the fish wont spoil. Now lets not forget our boat and the rod and reel while getting our camera, bags of salt, and ice. Make sure you post your fish story on here and at Joker's Outdoor Sportsman Forum. You can get the link from groups and the other is as simple as copy and paste. Good Luck .