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Want a fishing memory that will last a lifetime? Visit this Idaho taxidermist 
By Jordan Rodriguez CA Source: idahostatesman 1/12/2021

Editor’s note: For 2021, Jordan Rodriguez’s fishing column will appear twice a month in the Idaho Statesman and at IdahoStatesman.com.

Fish taxidermy has fascinated me from an early age. Seeing a huge fish mounted at a tackle shop or lodge always fills me with questions. Who caught that fish? What must it have been like to fight and land such a monster? How many anglers’ hearts did it break over the years?
 

For me, 2020 was a year filled with big fish and memorable trips. I landed a personal-best trout in April. I witnessed a state-record crappie in July. And in December, I caught a state record of my own by pulling a rare Lahontan cutthroat through the ice.

But none of these fish surpassed my all-time favorite catch — a 24-inch largemouth bass I landed in 2014. The fish was a rare find, especially in Idaho, where bass grow slowly. Catching a 20-incher is relatively rare, and a two-footer is once-in-a-lifetime stuff. I released that fish so it could continue growing (and spawning every year), but I knew I wanted a mount made one day.

That day came on Christmas, when my family gifted me a replica of my trophy bass. Actually, it came a couple months prior, when my wife told me the news and gave me license to start shopping. My research led me to Tall Tale Taxidermy in Meridian

 
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