Replica mount layout options.... Need input! 2024
18RangerZ520L reply :
My taxidermist gave me 3 options for the layout of my PB (12lb 8oz) replica mount... Which do you like?
riverbasser reply :
No real wrong choice but in 1 & 2 the fish looks bigger not that a 12 and s half # bass needs any help looking big.
Nice catch btw
Bluebasser86 reply :
I like the second one, less background clutter taking away from the fish.
Oregon Native reply :
Would vote for #2
Or "B" catch a bigger one!!
(kidding) awesome catch
BillP reply :
# 2
Bankbeater reply :
I'd go with number 2. If the replica is going is going up on the wall then the lower nameplate will be easier to see.
Chowderhead reply :
On 12/31/2017 at 9:58 PM, Bankbeater said:I'd go with number 2. If the replica is going is going up on the wall then the lower nameplate will be easier to see.
Agreed -- #2
12poundbass reply :
#2
Can't wait to see the finished product
A-Jay reply :
Whic
On 12/31/2017 at 2:17 PM, 18RangerZ520L said:My taxidermist gave me 3 options for the layout of my PB (12lb 8oz) replica mount... Which do you like?
Congrats on the PB
Might not matter what I like ~
Which one Do YOU LIKE ?
A-Jay
18RangerZ520L reply :
On 12/31/2017 at 2:48 PM, riverbasser said:No real wrong choice but in 1 & 2 the fish looks bigger not that a 12 and s half # bass needs any help looking big.
Nice catch btw
Thanks 
I'm leaning towards #2
Bent reply :
Awesome catch - is that the fish in your profile pic?
slonezp reply :
2
WRB reply :
When I went to pick up my PB replica mount it in a old underwater tree branches and absolutely beautiful a true work of art. The problem was I had no place to display a 3' by 4' tree branch with the bass. So I told the Munoz to save the tree for someone else and thank him for his efforts.
What is important is how the looks to you!
Tom
tander reply :
I will go with the crowd and say 2.
18RangerZ520L reply :
On 1/1/2018 at 3:12 AM, Bent said:Awesome catch - is that the fish in your profile pic?
Thanks.
Yes sir, same fish. Watched her swim away, an awesome feeling!
On 12/31/2017 at 11:39 PM, A-Jay said:Whic
Congrats on the PB
Might not matter what I like ~
Which one Do YOU LIKE ?
A-Jay
Thanks!
I was leaning towards #2 prior to posting this thread and I'm still thinking #2...
On 12/31/2017 at 10:28 PM, 12poundbass said:#2
Can't wait to see the finished product
I'll post pics when I get it. He told me it'll be complete by February on my largemouth and then March-May on my smallie...
On 1/1/2018 at 3:28 AM, WRB said:When I went to pick up my PB replica mount it in a old underwater tree branches and absolutely beautiful a true work of art. The problem was I had no place to display a 3' by 4' tree branch with the bass. So I told the Munoz to save the tree for someone else and thank him for his efforts.
What is important is how the looks to you!
Tom
Yeah, I'm thinking #2...
On 12/31/2017 at 9:58 PM, Bankbeater said:I'd go with number 2. If the replica is going is going up on the wall then the lower nameplate will be easier to see.
Yeah, it's going on the wall in my office. I like the lower nameplate too...
On 12/31/2017 at 9:05 PM, Oregon Native said:Would vote for #2
Or "B" catch a bigger one!!
(kidding) awesome catch
LOL. Thanks!
Well, I'm heading back to Chickamauga in a couple weeks!
Plus, there was a 14.53lb caught a couple days ago, so your plan "B" might work............!
MDBowHunter reply :
Awesome fish, congrats!!! I just had my first replica done as well in 2017, here's how mine is laid out. This fish is a far cry from yours as it went 6.74, but still turned out awesome in my book. Oh and #2 would be my choice.
JG233 reply :
#2
18RangerZ520L reply :
On 1/2/2018 at 12:12 AM, MDBowHunter said:Awesome fish, congrats!!! I just had my first replica done as well in 2017, here's how mine is laid out. This fish is a far cry from yours as it went 6.74, but still turned out awesome in my book. Oh and #2 would be my choice.
Thanks!
Yours looks good, I thought about putting a baitfish or lure in my mount, but I probably won't
18RangerZ520L reply :
Dave sent me some updated pics... It should be finished in a couple weeks. Scale detail is awesome, can't wait to see it in person!
Lucky Craft Man reply :
That is Incredible!! Who is doing your bass? I have a Smallmouth I want done and have been shopping around for years, because I want someone who will match the picture vs. just painting a general smallmouth pattern, which your taxidermist seems to have done excellently!!.
18RangerZ520L reply :
On 2/7/2018 at 10:00 PM, Lucky Craft Man said:That is Incredible!! Who is doing your bass? I have a Smallmouth I want down and have been shopping around for years, because I want someone who will match the picture vs. just painting a general smallmouth pattern, which your taxidermist seems to have done excellently!!.
Thanks! I did a ton of research and Dave's name came up several times as being one of the best in the country... I noticed with a lot of the other replica companies (Lake Fork, etc) would just do an overall air brush paint job with zero scale detail, etc. Granted, all of those type companies were in the $500-$700 price range and I paid roughly tripe that for each of my fish... My theory is there's a reason a Lamborghini costs more than a Ford Fusion.....!!!! Dave is also doing my PB smallie (6lb 4oz) and he said he should have it finished by May 1st. My largemouth he's doing is 12lb 8oz. It's about a 1 year turn around time with him now. I'm jacked up, can't wait to see it in person and put it up on the wall..... He has a "studio grade" (economical) and a "master grade" (his top of the line/"platinum" finish), both my largemouth and smallie are master grades.
Check him out - www.davecampbellfish.com
Ratherbfishing reply :
#2.
18RangerZ520L reply :
On 2/7/2018 at 10:35 PM, Ratherbfishing said:#2.
Yeah, I'm going with #2.
12poundbass reply :
Wow that truly is an art. I'm looking into trying this out as a hobby and I've done a ton of reading and watching of videos and I can say hands down that's the most detail I've ever seen.
There is a ton of tedious work that goes into the ones I've seen on YouTube and this one goes way above those. I can only hope to be half that good if I go through with it.
When you get it back can you post the picture of the actual and the replica?
18RangerZ520L reply :
On 2/7/2018 at 11:26 PM, 12poundbass said:Wow that truly is an art. I'm looking into trying this out as a hobby and I've done a ton of reading and watching of videos and I can say hands down that's the most detail I've ever seen.
There is a ton of tedious work that goes into the ones I've seen on YouTube and this one goes way above those. I can only hope to be half that good if I go through with it.
When you get it back can you post the picture of the actual and the replica?
Yep, he's one of the best in the country. I noticed that others (Lake Fork Taxidermy, etc.) were just doing general air brush paint jobs with little detail... Dave does each individual scale! My avatar pic is my PB, but yeah I can post more pics of the actual vs replica.
I think it looks phenomenal!
12poundbass reply :
What did you have to give him for the fish, length, girth, and weight plus picture?
18RangerZ520L reply :
On 2/8/2018 at 12:22 AM, 12poundbass said:What did you have to give him for the fish, length, girth, and weight plus picture?
Yes sir, all of the above. Length, girth, weight and tons of pics....
He's going to start my PB smallie soon too, can't wait to see the driftwood layout options and final colors on that one too!!!
12poundbass reply :
On 2/8/2018 at 12:24 AM, 18RangerZ520L said:Yes sir, all of the above. Length, girth, weight and tons of pics....
He's going to start my PB smallie soon too, can't wait to see the driftwood layout options and final colors on that one too!!!
Do you know if he makes his own blanks? I looked at his site but it didn't say.
18RangerZ520L reply :
On 2/8/2018 at 12:42 AM, 12poundbass said:Do you know if he makes his own blanks? I looked at his site but it didn't say.
No he doesn't make his own blanks, but he does modify them quite a bit. He replaced a couple fins on my largemouth and had to rework a part of the back of the largemouth. He told me he is going to have to replace a few fins on my smallie, because the ones that came with the mold didn't look good...
BillP reply :
Wow is that beautiful. That taxidermist is awesome
18RangerZ520L reply :
On 2/10/2018 at 12:47 AM, BillP said:Wow is that beautiful. That taxidermist is awesome
Thanks. It's Dave Campbell - www.davecampbellfish.com
XzyluM reply :
That is going to be one awesome replica. The details look amazing.
18RangerZ520L reply :
On 2/10/2018 at 11:11 AM, XzyluM said:That is going to be one awesome replica. The details look amazing.
Thanks. I have a skin mount on the wall now of a 7lb I caught back in high school and this replica slaughters it!!!
I'm dying now to see it in person and see what he does with my smallie!
WRB reply :
Good to see a replica artist work, beautiful detail you made the right choice.
My NLMB skin mount was back in 1971 and looks it! My FLMB (avatar) was back in 1993 and looks as good today as it did when new, except some fin damage from a earthquake.
Enjoy your mounts they bring back good memories every time you look at them.
Tom
18RangerZ520L reply :
On 2/11/2018 at 2:14 AM, WRB said:Good to see a replica artist work, beautiful detail you made the right choice.
My NLMB skin mount was back in 1971 and looks it! My FLMB (avatar) was back in 1993 and looks as good today as it did when new, except some fin damage from a earthquake.
Enjoy your mounts they bring back good memories every time you look at them.
Tom
Yes sir, I'm looking forward to getting them both up on the wall! I haven't seen any other replica mount companies with the amount of detail that Dave Campbell has on his fish.
WRB reply :
There are a few true artisans regarding fish mounts that create life like replicas of bass.
Robert Munos of Roberts Trophy Fish mounts was one of the best around but he retired.
Coloration differs depending on where the bass is caught, how deep and types vegetation plus the stress it's under when photographed. Our bass out west tend to have less chartreuse highlites and more contrasting coloration with pearl white bellies, pronounced lateral line darker greens with highlites above the lateral line do to our deep clear water lakes. Having each scale painted with multiple color shades makes a replica mount look alive and it should stay looking great for a very long time.
Tom
18RangerZ520L reply :
On 2/12/2018 at 7:26 AM, WRB said:There are a few true artisans regarding fish mounts that create life like replicas of bass.
Robert Munos of Roberts Trophy Fish mounts was one of the best around but he retired.
Coloration differs depending on where the bass is caught, how deep and types vegetation plus the stress it's under when photographed. Our bass out west tend to have less chartreuse highlites and more contrasting coloration with pearl white bellies, pronounced lateral line darker greens with highlites above the lateral line do to our deep clear water lakes. Having each scale painted with multiple color shades makes a replica mount look alive and it should stay looking great for a very long time.
Tom
Yeah, Dave painted each scale one at a time! Most of the other companies I researched just did a quick overall air brush paint job with zero scale detail. I'm glad I went with Dave Campbell!
18RangerZ520L reply :
Got it in yesterday, and WOW. It looks even better in person... I can't wait to see my smallie he's doing as we speak...
Mad props to Dave Campbell, his work is PHENOMINAL!!!
My largemouth made his website for an example of his "master grade" work.
The first three pics are of the completed mount before he shipped it. The last pic with blue wall is her final resting spot in my office! 
12poundbass reply :
Looks good! Can't wait to see the smallie.
BillP reply :
What an awesome mount. Well worth the money
18RangerZ520L reply :
On 2/22/2018 at 12:05 AM, 12poundbass said:Looks good! Can't wait to see the smallie.
Thanks! I'll post the smallie driftwood options when he gets to that point on that mount...
On 2/22/2018 at 8:51 AM, BillP said:What an awesome mount. Well worth the money
Yes sir, worth every penny!
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