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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hi everyone,
Just wanted to publicly thank Rick Lax for his stellar work!! This fish was caught in July of 2012, measurements of 51 x 21 from lake of the woods. Only took me 33 years to break the 50 mark, but the wait, the work, and the helpful knowledge of many from this board all helped make this day possible!
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | that is a beautiful fish! |
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Location: Minnesota. | Wow Steve, what a cool mount!! Stellar, especially with that "attitude" poise/curve of the fish. I like it.
And more notably, congrats. on such a fine critter. Almost makes all those casts/work/backaches/sighs/cusswords worthwhile "don't it, eh."..........*grins*
Nice going. Hope you have a few more in many less casts now that you've broken the ice.
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Beautiful ! |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Beautiful replica! I'd be proud of that one! |
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| Great Replica!!
Would you mind posting a picture of the actual fish? I like to see how close these companies are able to match their replicas. Thanks. |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Here is the original fish...
I didn't expect the markings to be on, but the size is spot on.
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| VMS, Congrats !! Sweet mount, really nice work by Rick Lax. A work of pure art. Thanks for sharing too. Many more for you too. |
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Location: Valpo IN | Very nice - great looking fish |
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Location: The desert | Great replica. |
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Location: Sycamore, IL | Very nice! Love the mount... |
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| im going to school for taxidermy I have done both fish and game heads and fish by far are my favorite to do im getting into doing it because I hope to one day quit my job and do both guiding and taxidermy full time im going to be starting my business this spring im naming it catching and preserving memories guide service and taxidermy studio I want to specialize in fish I enjoy doing taxidermy because I am preserving someone's memory sometimes even mine beautiful mount I love walking by the lax and fittant booth at the musky show and looking at their beautiful work |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Great fish and a great looking mount but don't retire the bait! If that was the bait that caught the fish, it will catch others as well (and hopefully big ones!). Buy a new bait for the show case and keep the original one in the water!
Good job! |
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Location: Watersmeet, Michigan | Congratulations on a great catch and a beautiful mount!
Fr. K |
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Location: oswego, il | That is a great looking mount. Agree with what bill said, use the proven bait!
I did not know you have been "relevant" for almost 2.5 years now. Going to have to go back and make sure I have read every one of your posts in that timeframe. You need to let us know this stuff!:-) |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | The bait will stay retired my friends. That was the plan from day 1...whatever bait caught the first fish over 50", it would be retired at the end of the trip. That bait went back to back on the same structure, just on the opposite side. It put a 50 in the boat the next day as well.
Totally happy with retiring the bait. I'd hate to break or lose the bait someday. A replacement was purchased about 3 days after that trip.
Steve |
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Location: Wisconsin | Steve that is awesome. Beautiful replica. I love all the pics from what must have been a spectacular day. The last shot with her in the water, what a sweet shot. |
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| Now that's a stunning display! Are you using that as a table? Congratulations on your first 50 too! |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Thats a real nice setup. Very good. |
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| Good idea getting a replica. Now you will get 54" next year for sure. |
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| muskyrat - 1/18/2015 10:17 AM
Good idea getting a replica. Now you will get 54" next year for sure.
Yep! maybe that nice case is stackable so you can have floor to ceiling case mounts. |
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Location: Walker, MN | Very cool! |
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Location: Planet Meltdown | Awesome replica. I love that coffee table design. Congrats on the fish and the replica!
Did Rick do the display case as well?
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | I believe Rick had a different designer build the case. If I had the right tools, the case would not be very hard...
We have yet to put anything on the case but I am sure as time goes on, we will find something to put on there... |
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| Thats an awesome fish and mount! |
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| Awesome replica. I had Rick do my 51", and I agree the markings wound up spot on. I'm gonna get one of those dual sided table mounts one of these times. I guess I'm saving it for my 55"...don't I wish.  |
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Location: Seymour, WI | Well deserved! |
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Location: Des Moines IA | The mount looks great. If and when I ever break the 50 mark, I will have pretty much the same thing reproduced by Lax, except I want the "case" to be coffee table sized! |
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| That looks great! Waiting to get mine back as we speak. Love the whole display. |
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Location: Minnesota. | Funny how even a good picture just doesn't seem to do justice to the actual fish isn't it. No matter how good a shot a guy gets, holding a fish like that, the size of the head etc. it just doesn't compare to the actual.
And we all know that but it's all a guy can do. I'd hate to get a real trophy and be solo in my boat...
Jeremy. |
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