mikey88
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Post by mikey88 on Aug 9, 2006 0:50:58 GMT -5
Im going to try my first large mouth bass here in a week or so but first I need help on some things. I bought a video and in this video they used a preservative that you mix into water. I am wanting to know if you can use borax to preserve a bass and if so how do i make the solution. I still have a couple other question but I will seprate them out on other posts so they arent confussing. Thanks Alot Mikey
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Post by jwj4856 on Aug 9, 2006 14:54:04 GMT -5
I use a mixture of 50% denatured alcohol and 50% water which works great but you can use water and borax, when i did that i used a big handful of borax in each gallon of water, left fish in solution approximately 12 hours then took out and mounted as usual.
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Post by mikey88 on Aug 9, 2006 15:59:44 GMT -5
If i was to use either method then how many gallons should i use. Just enough to cover the fish Thanks
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Post by Hoosier Taxidermist on Aug 9, 2006 16:04:05 GMT -5
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Post by jwj4856 on Aug 9, 2006 19:28:55 GMT -5
Whichever mixture you decide on mix up enough to completely cover the fish for the whole time you have it in there, either mixture works but you can leave a fish in the denatured alcohol mixture a lot longer, I have left them in it for 2 1/2 months before and heard of others leaving even longer than that.
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Post by mikey88 on Aug 9, 2006 19:48:33 GMT -5
Ok Thanks Alot. Any other repleys would be great too. Thanks Again Mikey
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Post by I once was thirtyeightspread on Sept 8, 2006 8:20:05 GMT -5
well go for it...........I mounted my first fish too, it was a blue whale lifesize
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Post by I once was thirtyeightspread on Sept 8, 2006 18:51:59 GMT -5
that was when i was 3 years old
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