Author Topic: Biggun from down south ! (Read 4451 times)

Trophyman · « **on:** June 18, 2014, 07:05:40 pm »

Tony drove up from Hobart yesterday with this whopper weighing down the back of his ute !!

A shade under 20 lb , caught at Catagunya Lake . Put up a massive fight but finally succumbed after half hour on the line. Will be a challenge but a fun job, will send pics when complete down the track.

Brad · « **Reply #1 on:** June 18, 2014, 07:12:00 pm »

Geezus!!
I would give my left one to catch one that big

Is that wild??

Rockinrobertson · « **Reply #2 on:** June 18, 2014, 07:24:12 pm »

Was a pleasure meeting you in person John and hopefully we can have a fishing session together when your down south mate. We are spoilt for choice down this end of the state thats for sure. I look forward to seeing the end result as I can tell by what I seen of your work yesterday its going to be great. I know my baby is in safe hands with you.
Regards,
Tony

Lake Leake Boy · « **Reply #3 on:** June 18, 2014, 07:40:37 pm »

That's one big fish mate! Well done!!

ROGE · « **Reply #4 on:** June 18, 2014, 09:58:57 pm »

What does one do if they catch a fish they want mounted?
Should you keep it in the freezer?

Chris · « **Reply #5 on:** June 18, 2014, 10:07:14 pm »

Quote from: Trophyman on February 03, 2012, 08:52:31 am

Cheers for that Tony. Yeah field care is important , it reflects in the finished mount. Dont gut the fish, fold the fins close to body, wrap tightly in cling wrap, lay on board or flat surface and freeze with show side up. Most importantly, (which a lot of fishos overlook)take good pics of the fish when fresh out of the water and still has its beaut colours. Good to have as reference when painting the colours onto the mount. Cheers.

ROGE · « **Reply #6 on:** June 18, 2014, 10:15:39 pm »

Aha -thanks for that

Chris · « **Reply #7 on:** June 18, 2014, 10:19:30 pm »

Hope you get a fish you want mounted Richard.

John has done some great work and it is always great to follow his projects through the stages to completion.

Trophyman · « **Reply #8 on:** June 19, 2014, 10:00:45 am »

Thanks for putting that up Chris, you beat me to it

Cheers for comments guys, Brad , I would think its a wild fish , don't know that Catagunya has ever been stocked , plenty of big fish are caught there (though this is the first one ive heard of of this size) they must have good food supply by the power station, well that's my theory, don't know the facts. Was good to meet you Tony (Rockinrobertson) , will take pics of stages of doing the mount, will post on here at a later date.

TD · « **Reply #9 on:** June 19, 2014, 10:11:11 am »

Its an awesome fish. Tony knows the area well.
Believe it or not there was a bigger one caught just the day before not that far from the boat ramp. Went 21.5lb and I think it was released also as it was a big female.

Look forward to seeing the final mount.

Lake Leake Boy · « **Reply #10 on:** June 19, 2014, 08:54:34 pm »

Wonder if there would be any fish that size in Lake Leake?

The record for the lake is 14.5lb (out of Slaters Bay) what was caught back in the day. But just of Kalangadoo bay, Connor had a MASSIVE, I mean massive strike, had it on for about 5 seconds and dropped it. It mush have been a fish?

Trophyman · « **Reply #11 on:** September 11, 2014, 09:52:11 pm »

Hi all, been a while . Finally got Tonys biggun mounted n up . It came up really nice, sorry the pics aint the best , quite an amazing spot pattern and multitude of colours . I believe Tonys been posting the progress pics onto his facebook page.

Chris · « **Reply #12 on:** September 12, 2014, 07:49:26 am »

Nice one John!

I am sure that this will hold pride of place at Tony's house and be a talking point for many years to come

TD · « **Reply #13 on:** September 12, 2014, 09:00:39 am »

Looks great. Mel can't wait to have it fixed to the wall above the bed head......

Chris · « **Reply #14 on:** September 12, 2014, 09:11:13 am »

Quote from: TD on September 12, 2014, 09:00:39 am

Looks great. Mel can't wait to have it fixed to the wall above the bed head......

Lake Leake Boy · « **Reply #15 on:** September 12, 2014, 09:22:09 am »

Top work John. Looks fantastic!

Rockinrobertson · « **Reply #16 on:** September 15, 2014, 08:55:35 pm »

I can't express how happy I am with the end result. John has been excellent throughout the whole process communicating with me all along the way asking if I wanted things done differently etc etc. If your ever thinking of getting a fish done then John is the man for the job. His passion for it is shown in the quality work he produces. Now all I need is a Big Rainbow for a matching pair.
Regards,
Tony

Brad · « **Reply #17 on:** September 15, 2014, 09:55:48 pm »

Thats a magical fish Tony and a job well done John

Great to see you back online Tony

Rockinrobertson · « **Reply #18 on:** September 17, 2014, 01:30:58 am »

I can only get online when I am at work Brad. A glitch somewhere that won't let me login seems to be stopping me from getting on with my mobile or home computer. We have tried to solve it, but still can't work it out. Would be posting more otherwise. Glad to see everyone is still here though doing what they love.
regards,
Tony

Rockinrobertson · « **Reply #19 on:** October 23, 2014, 12:11:09 pm »

I went up to see John on Tuesday and picked up the big fish. To say I was happy with how it turned out is an understatement. He done an exceptional job. The detail that goes into his work is really a credit to him. After seeing the completed mount I was really glad I decided to get it done. Now I just have to find somewhere to hang it lol. If your ever thinking of getting a fish done I would be giving John a call as you won't be dissapointed.
Regards,
Tony

TD · « **Reply #20 on:** October 25, 2014, 09:02:15 am »

Isn't Mel clear a space above the bed head?

Keep Casting - JC

housecat · « **Reply #21 on:** November 03, 2014, 07:31:49 pm »

Top work John and superb fish Tony. Saw it in the flesh myself while dropping one off a few weeks back. Cant't wait to see how mine comes up.

Shaun.

proka · « **Reply #22 on:** November 03, 2014, 09:04:37 pm »

Awesome looking mount there John

Gotta love the East Coast!

Trophyman · « **Reply #23 on:** November 13, 2014, 10:15:58 am »

Been away a while , cheers for comments guys, particularly Tony, thanks for the rap mate . Its always great to have a customers positive reaction to the finished job, that's actually a major motivation to keep me going . Tonys fish was a pleasure and a challenge to work on . Its nice to work on the bigguns from that region , they don't shed any scales during the skinning , boy did that beast have a thick, greasy skin !! Took a lot of de fleshing n soaking in "soup" to get all the grease out. Tony wont have any probs with it, its built to last a life time . Im proud of the end result ,Its one of my favourite mounts so far , such a big good conditioned solid fish with a multitude of colours. I cast a critical eye ova all mounts that I do and there is little to fault on this one.

Heres another pic , sorry I dunno how to post em bigger so you can see the detail, maybe one of the mods will kindly help me out n blow her up a bit

Cheers Johnno.
p.s. Better go, got a freezer full of Cresent fish to tend to !!

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