14.5 lb steelhead mount.

  • mudneck_joe
    SE MN
    Posts: 409
    March 1, 2011 at 6:44 pm #1271054

    14.5 lbs, 19 inch girth, 34 inches mounted in an s-shape. Fish caught on one of the Twins in East Central WI.





    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    March 1, 2011 at 6:58 pm #942750

    I’m not sure who did did the coloring but they get a thumbs up for their work. Very nice.

    a1a
    Posts: 471
    March 1, 2011 at 6:59 pm #942752

    Here I thought it was gonna be a post about the world’s weakest trolling motor.

    Nice mount! That’s a big one!

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    March 1, 2011 at 7:00 pm #942753

    Quote:

    Here I thought it was gonna be a post about the world’s weakest trolling motor.

    Nice mount! That’s a big one!

    Honestly that’s EXACTLY what I thought when I read the post title.

    mudneck_joe
    SE MN
    Posts: 409
    March 1, 2011 at 7:33 pm #942769

    Viola Taxidermy. He is a trout specialist, but his walleyes and deer also rock. He is one of the best air brush boys I’ve ever seen. You can always tell when you look at someone’s show room if they are bad, good, great or the Best.

    Joel Ballweg
    Sauk City, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3295
    March 1, 2011 at 7:49 pm #942777

    Nice bow and nice work by the taxidermist!

    sgt._rock
    Rochester, MN
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    March 1, 2011 at 8:08 pm #942784

    Quote:

    Fish caught on one of the Twins in East Central WI.

    As in East or West Twin rivers that exit into Lake Michigan at Two Rivers??

    FishPacker
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    March 2, 2011 at 1:56 am #942479

    Nice fish and mount job. What did you catch it on?

    mudneck_joe
    SE MN
    Posts: 409
    March 2, 2011 at 2:18 am #942800

    I use a 8 wt flyrod. The fly I use is actually in the mouth of the fish. It is a sucker spawn patter that i tie with diamond braid. I was taught this pattern by the idaho fish and game steelhead specialist a long time ago. I tied some of these for Trout unlimited banquets for the last 10 years. Last year i started to notice them at gander mountain called crystal meth. Im not suprised. this is how the fishing lure industry goes. Steal an idea, tweek it a bit and make it your own.

    targaman
    Inactive
    Wilton, WI
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    March 2, 2011 at 2:26 am #942806

    Heck of a nice fish! I think Gander could come up with a better name for your fly pattern though…

    FishPacker
    Posts: 8
    March 2, 2011 at 2:30 am #942808

    “you think they could have come up with a better name.”

    yeah right. glad they didn’t call it crack hooker, or the charlie sheen fly.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
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    March 2, 2011 at 2:31 am #942809

    Quote:

    the charlie sheen

    salmo_trutta
    River Falls,WI
    Posts: 661
    March 3, 2011 at 8:04 pm #943656

    Isn’t the WI inland state record only 12 pounds?

    milemark_714
    Posts: 1287
    March 3, 2011 at 8:20 pm #943667

    Looks like it just came out of the water- .Awesome mount

    That is what we used to call a “purple hen”.Or should be a doe,seeing that males are called”bucks”?We called them “Roosters”(male steelhead).

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