Finger Lakes Bass

[NY Trophy Hunter]

Is it worthy of a wall mount?  :

[Localqdm]

awesome!  What did it weigh?

[NY Trophy Hunter]

To be honest with ya, I never put him on the scales. I measured him at 20.5. I'm guessing around 7 lbs.

[papabear]

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Papabear

[DIAMOND D]

Nice fish!

[Dave]

Do you want to have it mounted from a picture and the measurements? Or is it the fish, and you don't practice catch and release.

Dave

[blkbearklr]

that is a nice size fish for New York, would I get it mounted? Well that depends on what you want.  Only you can decide that........    Just remember one that big is your breeder. So I would let it go and do a replica on it. If you kept it and it is in the freezer waiting for you to decide what to do. Make sure it is laid out flat all fins laid flat. Wrap in plastic bag tight no air, tape that up re wrap in another plastic bag and re tape it. Then wrap it all in newspaper use one more bag and wrap it tight and tape it and that fish will stay in the freezer for years. A lot of people say to wet a rag up and wrap it that way. It can cause a lot of damage to the scales when getting a skin mount done. Good luck to you.

Joe

[Dave]

that is a nice size fish for New York, would I get it mounted? Well that depends on what you want.  Only you can decide that........    Just remember one that big is your breeder. So I would let it go and do a replica on it. If you kept it and it is in the freezer waiting for you to decide what to do. Make sure it is laid out flat all fins laid flat. Wrap in plastic bag tight no air, tape that up re wrap in another plastic bag and re tape it. Then wrap it all in newspaper use one more bag and wrap it tight and tape it and that fish will stay in the freezer for years. A lot of people say to wet a rag up and wrap it that way. It can cause a lot of damage to the scales when getting a skin mount done. Good luck to you.

Joe

Could you submerge it fish in water and freeze it in a block of ice? Or would it damage the fish?

Dave

[blkbearklr]

Dave doing it that way wil also damage the scale pockets, if you think about it this way, water under the scale pockets when fozen will expand and lift those scales, once they are lifted it is almost impossible to get them to set back down. Water causes bacteria, so if the tail thaws out before the rest of the fish you already have bacteria growing on the tail but yet the rest of the fish is still frozen.

Joe

[Dave]

Dave doing it that way wil also damage the scale pockets, if you think about it this way, water under the scale pockets when fozen will expand and lift those scales, once they are lifted it is almost impossible to get them to set back down. Water causes bacteria, so if the tail thaws out before the rest of the fish you already have bacteria growing on the tail but yet the rest of the fish is still frozen.

Joe

Thanks Joe, that's why I asked the question lot of good info from the members who know more than me.

Dave

[blkbearklr]

Dave, you are truly welcome, as a taxidermist it sucks when someone brings in a nice trophy and all I can tell them is no I can't fix that. Bass have large scales so they are more durable but the trout and salmon are fine scales and I see it all the time. A patch the size of a softball with no scales.

Have fun catch big fish and enjoy....

Joe

[Dave]

Dave, you are truly welcome, as a taxidermist it sucks when someone brings in a nice trophy and all I can tell them is no I can't fix that. Bass have large scales so they are more durable but the trout and salmon are fine scales and I see it all the time. A patch the size of a softball with no scales.

Have fun catch big fish and enjoy....

Joe

Joe, what part of NY will you be moving to?

Dave

[blkbearklr]

Will be moving up to Clinton County, around Lake Champlain, but I will be all over the state, love to fish and hunt so wherever I point the truck.

Joe

[Dave]

Will be moving up to Clinton County, around Lake Champlain, but I will be all over the state, love to fish and hunt so wherever I point the truck.

Joe

Best of luck

Dave