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Location: New Hope MN | I think it looks AWESOME! How much do you charge? |
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| I wish I had that kind of talent. I had Terry Doughty do it. Of all the artists I looked at his paintings were the most lifelike. |
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Location: Appleton,WI | What is the cost for something like that? |
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| It's comparable to having a reproduction done depending on how large you want it. Something 24 x 36 would be more . This is 16 x 29 . |
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Location: lake x...where the hell is it? | sweet pic man!!! |
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| sweet!
i've been considering the same thing and looking at Rodd Umlauf.
i like Doughty's work a lot though too.
the thought of a commissioned painting is very appealing because it's so unique.
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| Umlauf was where I first got the idea to have a painting done of "my next 50 incher". He was the only one I knew of that did commissioned work. I got out all my old Musky Hunter calanders to see whose work I liked best. Doughtey's were what I liked best and thought were the most lifelike. I took pictures of the rock ,the saddle ,and the full moon rising ,described the weeds around it and this is what he came up with . I'm very happy with "Moonlight Musky".
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| Is that your boat? in the pic....Very cool. I have 1 Terry's prints on my wall! |
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| My boat and even what I was wearing right down to my Thorne Bros. hat. |
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Location: Twin Cities | I think that's a pretty sweet idea, looks great! |
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Location: Hugo, MN | Great Idea and a very nice painting! But, why is this on a cinder block wall in the basement? An item of such beauty should be prominently displayed in one's living room! |
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Location: Stevens Point, Wisconsin | Wow that really is pretty cool and would make a great gift for someone special or yourself.
Surprised that nobody mentioned that your rod is in a bad position for a hook set! LOL Very nice piece of art work!
Thanks for sharing!
Ed
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Location: Saint Charles, IL | Beautiful piece! Terry Doughty is one of my favorite artists. His muskies are some of the best I have ever seen.
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| Tell that to the wife. She puts here foot down on fish. I have grouse and pheasants in our bedroom. She has Kinkades in the living room. Fish go in the basement.
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | Go to www.customfish.com COOL way to have your fish on the wall with out killing it. |
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| That is way super cool, I like that all as well as a replica... oh man decisions, decisions  |
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| Great idea especially with you and your rig in the painting. |
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| Great idea, awesome work
Now I just need the fish to put in the picture LOL!
KJ |
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Location: SW MI | That's pretty sweet! I have a friend that's an artist and I may have him do that for me when I catch my first 50. |
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Location: Waukesha, WI | Kurt, is that what you had done for your 53" from last year? Fabulous idea. Mike |
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Location: Cambridge, WI | Dude, your wife must be Smokin' Hot to enforce that rule! No matter, the only course of action now is you should Remodel the Basement! Makes for a good winter project. Good luck with that! What's a Kinkade??  |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Dude- SWEEEEEEEEEEEET.......... What a great idea! Looks like you got more wall space..;-)
Have fun! |
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Location: Milwaukee | I got lucky! When I got my pictures developed of my 44 1/2, it almost exactly matched the fish in framed print by Scott Zoelick hanging in my office. The coloring and markings are perfect. And I didn't have to pay extra to have it done!
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | Here is another option
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| Yep, that's the 53 from Big Sand |
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| Thomas Kinkade ,painter or light. Do a search on him. Check out the End of a perfect Day and Beginning of a Perfect Day series
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Location: Saint Charles, IL | Pikemaster.....that's very cool! How did you come across that?
Tell us more..... |
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Location: deep in the slop | KSauers - 12/9/2008 3:26 PM
Yep, that's the 53 from Big Sand
Awesome painting sir! Are you reffering to Big Sand in Vilas? |
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| Very nice. I love having big printers handy. I've printed some BIG fish for some friends on banner and posters and they turn out pretty sweet.
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| Reelwise - 12/10/2008 4:07 PM
Very nice. I love having big printers handy. I've printed some BIG fish for some friends on banner and posters and they turn out pretty sweet.
Brandyn was gracious enough to give a full-size, banner re-print of my Dad's PB 49" to him. We were both floored when we saw it. Picture was as crisp as the day we took it and huge! My Dad is an elementary school principal and he ended up hanging it in the front hallway of his school. The kids LOVED it! Very nice way to remember an awesome catch.
I have been interested in a framed oil painting of a big fish. I think the way artists like Umlauf, Doherty, et al. are able to recreate the day's events in a picture is very cool and quite unique. |
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| Nope, Canada |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | GO TO www.trophyfishpix.com |
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| Those trophyprintpix are pretty cool. Expensive for a print, but cool.
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| Its an original oil, not a print |
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| KSauers,
Great idea, and great work...Just interested in the location that you caught her.....I have been going to Minaki and have been fishing Big Sand now going on 15 years...What area were you in when you caught her, if you don' t mind sharing....
Congrats,
Craig R. |
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| If anyone is interested..we're doing any muskie print life size for $75 right now. Limited time, ofcourse.
Merry Christmas too all of you!! Hope you have a great 2009 muskie season!
Jamie @ customfish.com |
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Location: Warrenville,IL | 
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | WOW That is a good price for a print !!!!!!!! Jamie does GREAT WORK !!!!!!!!! |
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Location: FORT ATKINSON | That is AWSOME. I could not think of a better way to remember such a great memory. I always wanted to get one of those done. |
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| The print above that Jamie posted was one of my fish from last year (the guy in the red sweatshirt) and the picture turned out great! Actually measured the fish in the picture when I got it home and it was truely lifesize to the exact demension that we measured on the board that night.. Jamie does great work at a very reasonable price and definatly a good alternative if you do not want to shell out the dollars for a replica.. I would highly recomend Jamie and his work if you are looking for a lifesize photo!!
I am in the process of remodeling the basement and I am making a "musky room" and that pictre will definatly be on the wall next to many other great memories.. |
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| very nice work. here in ontario an artist Charles weiss does the paintings and will carve you trophy memories. i like that far better then skin mounts. |
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Location: Warrenville,IL | Josh,
Thanks for the kind words. That was a hell of a fish you got!
Regarding the life-size aspect of it...we even got the bump board on Paul's fish to be exact 1 inch to 1 inch.
I'm very happy with all the alternatives that are out there. We've had a couple jobs now where we have done the same fish for clients multiple times ( example: Chad Cain's 55" that he caught twice). We proudly work with all of our brothers and sisters in the industry. I would put Rick and Shannon Lax as one of our best customers, and we hold Frittante and Douglas in very high regard as well. They all do great work.
Merry Christmas everyone! Peace to all!
(p.s. I just wish Lax, Frittante, Douglas, ourselves, etc could openly talk about some of the fish we have all done that are strictly hush-hush. But when customers tell us to keep it quiet...we keep it quiet. All I'll say is this; I see alot of argument on the boards about this fish or that fish being 55 or 56......um, you aint seen nothing yet. Keep casting. because there's a couple of us who have seen some that are a couple inches north of those numbers Silent giants, we call them. )
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