Gleneida Brown Mount

[jager61]

Hi Guys, wanted to share with you the mount of the brown I caught last February jigging on Gleneida.  Thought I hooked a decent laker until I saw the black spots buzzing the hole at Mach 6!!  Couldn't be more pleased with the job the taxidermist did!

Mike

[lionpshark]

Mike your fish never cease to amaze me. Great looking fish. Must have gave you one heck of a fight.

[jager61]

Manny, it was by far the wildest fight I ever experienced through the ice!  It took 4 tries to get him to the hole.  Each time he got near he bolted all the way to the bottom again!  I have to once again, give a big heart felt thanks to my good buddy Kevin (aka, "BC Shanty") from the Iceshanty and MFF forums.  If he wasn't out there that day to land it for me, I probably would have lost it.  As it was, he was barely hooked in the lower lip by only one of the three hooks on the treble!  Quite a thrill!

Mike

[G.Freshwater]

Mike,  Beautiful mount.  Beautiful fish!  Who did the work?  G.

[jager61]

Taxidermist is Mike Swagemaker, (MBS Fish Taxidermy) located in Kent, CT.  He's well known to a lot of the local Westchester and Putnam guys.  He's done a half dozen other fish for me over the years.  Very reasonable rates, and good turn around time.  If you buy bait at Bob's, a lot of Mike's work is hanging up there.  Highly recommend him!

Mike

[johnjav]

Wow that's a great mount. Do you have any pics of that beast after you landled it? I would love to get a boat on gleneida.

[reservoirdog]

Nice Mount Mike, Thats got to  lock nice next to that 400 inch Bull you are going to shoot soon . Good Luck great looking brown give em hell.

[yonkers26]

Beautiful fish and work!

[Biz-R-OWorld]

Nice mount. Do you have a before and after pic? what were the measurements on that brown?

[jager61]

Tommy, here's the fish just after I got him on the ice!  He measured just short of 29" and weighed 11 pounds! 

Mike

[Biz-R-OWorld]

for reference, so you can see pics side by side. Beautiful fish and beautiful mount. I have heard good things about MBS from John as well. I hate when taxidermists make the mounts look so fake. Yours is really nice. Congrats.

[Biz-R-OWorld]

Does MBS have a website? I cant find one.

[biggamee]

Mike congrats, now that is some real good work..beautiful mount..what a catch thru the ice no less!!!!!! I guess when its ment to be it just is..4 runs a 1 hook in the lip..awesome results

[jager61]

Thanks Erik! Tommy, he doesn't have a web site. He's mostly word of mouth. He does this on the side believe it or not!

Mike

[Biz-R-OWorld]

Oh ok. I was just curious what his animals looked like as well. No biggie, Im happy with Kurt Fox.