Anyone recommend a good taxidermist in the Columbia or Charleston area for a speckled trout replica?
You need to get with OhioNavyNuke. I believe his buddy has a replica business, not in SC to my recollection, but regardless…
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ha funny i checked this thread just for fun! shoot me a PM with what you want and ill get with my best man who just got into replica taxidermy.
aside from a fish he made for himself, i was his first customer with a 22" 5 1/2 lb bass we each caught several times in one of the ponds we fished back home (fins on that bass were split just like the mount). he is back in ohio, however he could ship to sc no problem. hes pretty active in bass fishing forums and to my knowledge had a couple other customers in different states, each of which were very satisfied with their completed mount and im very confident he could do a great job with a trout. i dont have the words greatest digital camera/lighting in my house for pictures but here’s what he made for me.
made the bass going after a shad i was using for bait. i added the pile of tangled lines and lures to the driftwood to make it more accurate to the angler that caught it 
close up of the bass. i tried to get a close up of the shad but it kept coming out very white and not showing all the detail in it.
Not to take anything away from ohionavynuke but i have gotten a lot of things done with Dan Pernell in jedburg. Really nice guy and does excellent work.
“Good things come to those who bait”
x 2 on Pernells
17’ High Tide CC
60 Yamaha
Hortman Taxidermy in Pawleys Island 843-412-0416. Jimmy does great work!
richie
197 Pioneer Sportfish
16 Carolina Skiff
14 Alumicraft