Big Tuke!

With the help of my buddy's Robert and Lionel, I got to catch this nice 5 lb 14 oz Tuke.
I brought back the head and skin to Alaska and did my own taxidermy on hims.
Big Mahalos to those guys for a really fun day of freshwater fishing.

AK Andy

another pic of that nice tuke when he was alive.

Nice catch Andy! Sweet job on the stuffing job also!

Mahalo Cruzah,
I carved the body out of blueboard foam board, treated the skin with borax and salt and then sewed the skin up along the backside around the foam body I carved. The entire spray paint job was done with cans of spray paint from Walmart. I bought a blank glass eye from a taxidermy supply catalog and painted it with enamel paints from a cheap walmart model paint set. I'm happy with how it turned out.
I'm unable to reply to the bow rigs gallery- not sure why?
I bought the zulu spear so I could spear a bear up here in Alaska, but then one guy did that down near Juneau and then got in trouble, it ends up since there is no bear spearing season opened by state Fish and Game then it's illegal to spear em, even though you can spear em with an arrow shot from a bow. I thought of bringing it to Kauai to try it on a hog or goat, but have been whackin em with my bow instead.
Man, Honu ea has some sweet bow rigs too.
Aloha,
AK Andy