One of the choice craftsman-artists for muskie mounts is Rick Lax, who runs Lax Reproductions, where 20 years of making replicas hasn’t merely led to becoming a leader in the niche market of ...

He sports a furry pink top hat, wears his curly hair down to his shoulders, and says stuff like, “I’ve always danced to my own drum.” It comes as no surprise that muskie fishing’s leading expert is a ...

He is having the record muskie mounted for Sarah. "It was a thrill for our whole family," said Salchli, "as my wife and our 7-year-old daughter were in the boat, too, and got to see it all." ...

Nolan Sprengeler, of Plymouth, landed a muskie on Lake Mille Lacs Monday night ... Wisconsin to have it mounted. The taxidermy also creates molds so replicas can be reproduced.

"That's no exaggeration. When you freeze them, they change." Sunram said this is the largest muskie he's ever mounted, so much so, he has to fabricate a form for the fish himself. "I searched all ...