On 5/1/2018 at 8:25 AM, johnmyers said:

I like getting some good pictures and then taking the best and doing an 11x14 in a nice frame and putting on the wall

I like your idea of getting a picture of a big bass and putting it in a nice frame for the wall and might consider doing it. At this moment I have a couple albums full of big bass pictures and no pictures/replicas on the wall.

I have a skin mount of a large salmon that I caught as a kid (fish was caught in a river - so very near the end of life cycle), which my parents had hanging in their enclosed porch for years.  They are slowly getting rid of stuff, which means offloading it onto anyone else that is willing to take it - usually pushing it back onto the person with the closest affiliation to it.

 

So, this salmon now hangs in our basement, and it's one of the many things of mine that my wife is not fond of but tolerates.  I will admit, that I could easily do without it as well.  Definitely in the category of:  stuff I wish I never paid for to begin with, but I will hold onto for now since it doesn't cost me anything to keep around.  

 

Based on experience, I will never get another fish mount of any kind done.  If you think having Billy the Singing Big Mouth Bass hanging in your house somewhere will ever be a good idea; then you may consider getting a fish mount done.  

 

The better idea, again just my opinion; is to take pictures.  Those with you and your friends in the pictures are the best to have.  Frame the best pictures and hang them in your den, so you can look at these favorites more frequently.

 

Do whatever makes you happy - good luck with whatever you decide on.