Current river Brown

[Alex Heitman]

My dad caught this brown that weighed over 12 lbs today on the current river. Fish was about 28 1/2 inches and he caught it on 2lb line. It took him he estimates about 15-20 mins to bring in. It’s an absolute beast for that river. I was so happy for him. I’m in Florida on vacation and talked to him for about an hour about it. He caught it on his last cast before he was headed back to the truck. He planned on releasing but the fish was not going to make it. He is going to mount it and I remember a post a while back about fish mounts. Does Phil or anyone know who does a good fish mount in the area? 

[ColdWaterFshr]

Wow.  Helluva a fish for that river.  And on 2 lb line???

Without giving away too many secret details - where was it caught?  
A.  above Tan Vat

B.  between Tan Vat and Parker

C.  below Parker

 

And what caught on?

A. A-rig

B. Ned-rig

C. whopper plopper

D.  buzz-bait

E.  crankbait

F.  cheese

 

[fshndoug]

Don Frank owns Dons Taxidermy in Smithville Mo 816 532 3500 he is the best there is.Multiple people from this website will attest to that.You can see pics on his website.You won't be disappointed.

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[Phil Lilley]

Don Frank does all our mounting... has done the last 3 state record browns.  He's in KC

[Alex Heitman]

Thanks guys. Fish was caught between cedar and Akers 😛 on a crawler. My dad was just fishing for trout for dinner for my mom and him. He usually keeps a few rainbows and has caught some big rainbows over 5 before but not even close to this big. Especially for a brown. I’m happy for him and looking forward to the mount.