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MuskyFix

Posted 11/29/2013 5:21 PM (#676302)
Subject: Blue Gill

I had a friend ask me to re-do his Blue Gill that he caught over the summer, He was not happy with the colors the the mounting guy had done so I took on the challenged. Well here it is the fish was caught from deep water so it was very dark.. I will try and post the original.

Edited by MuskyFix 11/29/2013 5:24 PM

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chadw18

Posted 11/29/2013 5:52 PM (#676311 - in reply to #676302)
Subject: RE: Blue Gill

Posts: 364

Location: Central Wisconsin

Wow. Awesome work Ben!!

Simple Man

Posted 11/29/2013 11:30 PM (#676336 - in reply to #676302)
Subject: RE: Blue Gill

Posts: 136

Wow...that is amazing!

ShutUpNFish

Posted 11/30/2013 7:30 AM (#676352 - in reply to #676302)
Subject: Re: Blue Gill

Posts: 1202

Location: Money, PA

Great improvement Ben!!

ToddM

Posted 11/30/2013 10:08 AM (#676370 - in reply to #676302)
Subject: Re: Blue Gill

Posts: 20263

Location: oswego, il

Ben, I see some airbrushing at playboy studios in your future.

MuskyFix

Posted 11/30/2013 10:31 AM (#676379 - in reply to #676370)
Subject: Re: Blue Gill

Thanks Guys

Todd, they just use Photoshop..

Edited by MuskyFix 11/30/2013 10:32 AM

castmaster

Posted 11/30/2013 11:48 AM (#676388 - in reply to #676302)
Subject: Re: Blue Gill

Posts: 910

Location: Hastings, mn, 55033

So is it just me or does that look like a pretty rough mount to begin with?

I think I'd have been asking for a refund from the taxidermist on that one.

MuskyFix

Posted 11/30/2013 1:32 PM (#676400 - in reply to #676388)
Subject: Re: Blue Gill

me too!

jano

Posted 12/1/2013 8:01 AM (#676515 - in reply to #676302)
Subject: Re: Blue Gill

which one have been painted by you?

Doug_Kloet

Posted 12/1/2013 1:29 PM (#676566 - in reply to #676302)
Subject: Re: Blue Gill

Posts: 202

Nice work Ben.

MuskyFix

Posted 12/1/2013 6:43 PM (#676615 - in reply to #676566)
Subject: Re: Blue Gill

thanks the last pic is the original

Northern-pike.

Posted 12/3/2013 10:57 AM (#676931 - in reply to #676302)
Subject: Re: Blue Gill

Posts: 132

Location: The Netherlands.

Nice work !!

Beaver

Posted 12/4/2013 1:10 PM (#677174 - in reply to #676931)
Subject: Re: Blue Gill

Posts: 4266

Very nice.
When my daughter and I were gill fishing this summer, she brought along her macro-lens and was taking pictures of the different color strains of gills we caught. We were on Vermillion, and noted 4 distinct variations of color. Some were purple in some areas while others were gray and blue. The classic gills with the orange throats had different base colors and scale colors. The coolest ones were the ones that came from deeper water and gave off a silvery flash when you reeled them in. Once they were in the boat, we could see a definite pinkish hue along their sides and throat. All of these pink gills were 8-9"+. Different strain or different food source? After an hour in the live well, the pink gills became more silvery while the classic dark barred gills took on a dark green hue.
As we looked over the pictures at the end of the day, I came to a conclusion that they all shared one common characteristic, all of them were delicious.

Bob Gray

Posted 12/5/2013 3:39 PM (#677414 - in reply to #676302)
Subject: Re: Blue Gill

Posts: 56

Location: Oak Lawn, IL

A definite improvement! If this is the first mount you painted, you did extremely well! Looks like the first guy painted it with rattle cans.

MRichardson

Posted 12/5/2013 4:22 PM (#677423 - in reply to #676302)
Subject: RE: Blue Gill

Nice work Ben!

muskymartin67

Posted 12/5/2013 6:35 PM (#677439 - in reply to #676302)
Subject: Re: Blue Gill

Posts: 800

Location: Delavan, WI

Wow what a difference!- can you paint me up some 6pack abs

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