FISH PAINTING
 

I WAS AMAZED WHEN I DISCOVERED IT HAS BEEN TEN years since we last published a bluegill paint schedule. A bluegill probably represents a fisherman’s first fish over other species of freshwater fish. They are fun to catch, great to eat, and make very
attractive mounts.

When I was building my taxidermy clientele back in the early 60s and 70s, I completed three stringer mounts of bluegills, with a few other members of the sunfish family added in. They were displayed with my name attached in the three largest sporting goods retailers in my area. Bluegill are easy to skin, mount and paint, and stringer mounts represent what most freshwater fishermen bring home from the rivers and bayous here in Louisiana. I cannot begin to calculate ...

...Continued in the Winter 2005 Issue of Breakthrough.

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