Originally Posted by GomerPyle
Can't they do plaster/airbrush taxidermy of fish that looks just as good as using the actual fish these days? I thought they basically just needed several good photos from multiple angles and some measurements and they could "recreate" it pretty damn close?

Yep, they make fiberglass repros. I had a guy out of Texas do one for me on that 10-3. Looks really, really good but it took the guy forever and he gave me the runaround for quite some time about when it would be done. Was just about to the point of sending certified mail and it showed up one day.