Picked up my bass the other day, figured I would share it with yall.

Brandon

Here's a pic of the bass before mounting. Im not as happy as I could be with it, but what can ya do.

Nice! So is the mount a replica or the actual fishy?

Thats a fine lookin fish. What was the weight on it?

Thanks yall. Its the actual fish. In the future I'll most likely be using replica mounts. Weight was 9 lb 4 oz, 25.5" in length and 17.5" in girth.

Looks great from my angle. Congratulations!

First of all, thank you for sharing your catch and mount with those of us who like to look at bass mounts, whether skin or replica. Second, congratulations on catching what may be the fish of your life. I see that you are not as happy with it as you could be. What is it you don't like, the way it is positioned, driftwood, coloration? Anyway, if it is the color, you could get it repainted at some point as money allows. Not much you can do about the position, mouth, etc., not that it is bad. It is just personal preference of whoever is enjoying it, including yourself and the taxidermist, as to what the position should be.

Congrats again.

Basswhippa,

Im a little unhappy with the paintjob but, as for everything else it looks great.

Thanks for all the kind words guys.

DBSULLY, I can see that. In general it is light colored, like in your picture. But the fins on the bottom are a little off in my view. They are too white at the top and too green at the bottom whereas most mounts I have seen are more of a solid green, as in your picture of the freshly caught bass. If he would make the bottom fins look like the top fins it would be about perfect. I'm no expert but he looks to have close coloration on the rest of the fish. Well, as with all things, have you considered talkin with the taxidermist? He might offer to tweak the areas you are concerned about. Sometimes on Ebay you will see whole mounts that have been restored, so I know they take old mounts and repaint them. They often look incredible. It would be worth a talk and if it's just the fins, maybe he would do that. If it is more than just the bottom fins I would be prepared to give him some samples of maybe some you can find on the internet. Then again, it's a great fish and you should be proud of it either way and you could always just tweak it in the future.