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Can't find the right size reproduction fish!!! Need pro help

Old 06-10-2014, 09:08 AM
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Default Can't find the right size reproduction fish!!! Need pro help

I caught a fifteen and a half inch bullhead catfish
Snapped a couple photos, measured, released and thought for sure I will be able to find an unpainted reproduction.
I've looked high and low and all I can find is Matt Thompson Has a 10 1/2 inch bullhead in the Mckenzie catalog.
Now I feel sick thinking about it
If I could find a fifteen or sixteen inch repro I guess it would do but my fish was 15.5 inches and 2lbs4oz
I can't believe the biggest bullhead available is 10.5 inches.
Please help. I'll send an SOS to the world lmao
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Old 06-11-2014, 08:23 AM
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McGinnity marine art has a 15 inch 717-993-2373
Archie Phillips has a 15 - 16 - 19 - 22 inch 800-423-8601

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Old 06-29-2014, 07:22 AM
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Dude! Thank you.
I really like the Archie Phillips
The girth I think was closer to what the sixteen inch blank has.
The girth goes up from 9 on the fifteen to 12 on the sixteen.
The eye size goes up from a 4 on the fifteen to an eight on the sixteen.
The eyes on this bullhead were about double the size of your average bullhead.
Most of the bullhead I catch only weigh around 8 ozs or so and the one I caught weighed 2 lbs 4 oz .
So I think the sixteen will work out fine. Still bugs me there aren't half sizes anywhere but this one is the closest representative.

Im going to order a master brand airbrush set as a cheap starter.
Comes with a pump regulator moisture trap hose and 3 kinds of brushes for 100 bucks.
I'm going to get the ron Reynolds realfish book to get the paint schedule for brown bullhead.
And order the blank.
After I get the book I'll put in a second order for the recommended colors .

So all in all looking at around 240 to get started, this will be my first attempt at airbrushing a fish.
After this I'd like to try a bluegill and largemouth.

Now if I'm using water based paints can I just remove all the paint and try again?
Like say I ordered a largemouth blank and just wanted to repaint it over and over again for practice. Would that work? That way my only practice expense would be more paint.
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Old 06-30-2014, 03:49 AM
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You could practice on a piece of paper or cardboard.
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Old 06-30-2014, 08:22 AM
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Thank you man, I appreciate the experience.
I've got plenty of cardboard lol
I'm sure the book will help me out a lot
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