I had a dream last night that my fish mounts ended up in the dumpster!

My Rainbow trout 10 lb 2 oz Rainbow trout is a old skin mount of little value to anyone.

The 12 lb 3 oz Northern Bass skin mount is right thier with Trout.

The 37 lb Musky skin mount could join the above in the dumpster.

My Giant bass mount is a replica of my 18.6 lb FLMB and represents the 19.3 lb and 3 each 17.4. 17.4 and 17.6 FLMB. This mount shouldn’t end up in the dumpster after I am gone.

It will cost creating and shipping to anyone interested. Hate the thought of this mount ending up in a dumpster.

Tom

PS send your email for photo if interested.

Tom, it was just a nightmare. Are you ok?

32 minutes ago, GreenPig said:

Tom, it was just a nightmare. Are you ok?

Yes I am OK! The dream will come true🤬

Tom

You might contact BPS.  I bet one of their Florida stores would be interested in displaying a FLMB of that size.  You can email them at

acquisitions@basspro.com  

                

Like Old man said, contact BPS or one of the other outdoor stores and see if they are interested. I would think the trout and musky would be desirable to a lot of northern or western stores.

12 hours ago, OldManLure said:

You might contact BPS.  I bet one of their Florida stores would be interested in displaying a FLMB of that size.  You can email them at

acquisitions@basspro.com  

                

Good idea. Instead of one angler with a bass they didn’t catch that hardly anyone would see, thousands of anglers would drool at seeing these giants. 

They probably won’t be interested in the skin mounts. All of the mounts at Cabelas (now owned by BPS) are graphite replicas.

 

Skin mounts deteriorate over time and their condition gets so poor they have to be scrapped. That’s the advantage of a graphite replica.

 

Good replies except BPS is on my sh#t list after killing Cabeles.

The skin mouths end up in a dumpster, the replica will find a home.

Tom 

Could you send me a certificate authenticating the size of the catch, along with a statement naming me as the angler that landed the bass?  I'm only joking, I prefer to catch my own bass.  Do not throw it away.  If you don't find a friend or family member who wants it,  I'm sure a local tackle shop would love to display your mount.  I gave a mount of a 700 plus pound blue marlin to a restaurant awhile back, and they were very glad to get it.

Maybe the local school district and ask if a science department / fishing team advisor might be interested. Too much regional/natural history to not pass on

The problem with giving the giant bass to a local tackle shop is few are still open.  Marlin are very large and perfect for a fish restaurant.

I will put a note on the giant bass mount where to take when that time comes. Now the mounts live in the garage where only my wife and see them, one of us enjoy them.

I caught the 12-1/4 lb Northern LMB in 1971 at lake Casitas and the 18.6 lb Florida LMB with a similar ( same)  jig at the same location in 1981. Good memories for me. This mount represents my 5 giant bass with 19.3 lb top bass caught in 1993 at lake Castiac, similar jig.

The 37 lb Musky I caught with my wife in the boat using 1/4 oz black hair jig. The musky didn’t make it due to too much handling during father in laws birthday party when we showed off the musky. Good memory but old skin mount.

The 10 lb Rainbow trout is a skin mount caught back in 1960.

The mounts served their purpose keeping memories alive.

Tom

@WRB-2.0,

Another option would be donating to a freshwater aquarium.  The California Academy of Sciences has a Steinhart Aquarium (which has fresh and salt water fish on display).  I think the Los Angeles Zoo has some fish on display (I'm not sure).  Maybe you can contact one of those to find out if they are interested.  There are other freshwater aquariums in other parts of the USA.

Thank you all for your help. I found a local home so don’t need to ship the mounts anywhere.

Tom

15 hours ago, WRB-2.0 said:

Thank you all for your help. I found a local home so don’t need to ship the mounts anywhere.

Tom

 

Whew!