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Tarpon Fish Mount

Available in sizes 9" to 95"
custom painted to your photo

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Tarpon Fish Mount

Fiberglass Tarpon Fish Mount
Tarpon Mount

Available in sizes 9" to 95"
custom painted to your photo

Tarpon Replica Fish Mount

Tarpon Replica Fish Mount

Summary of our Tarpon Mounts

Tarpon have dorsal and anal soft rays and usually a bluish/greenish back. Tarpon also have distinctive lateral lines and shiny silvery scales that cover most of their body except for the head. This is why tarpon are nicknamed the silver king, derived from the bright flash that reflects from its body as it jumps. Tarpon have very large eyes with adipose eyelids and a broad mouth with a prominent lower jaw that juts out farther than the rest of its face.

Color Patterns of our Tarpon Mounts

Tarpon can display many different color patterns. We have the knowledge and capability to match the colors of YOUR FISH. With or without a photo we will work close with you to custom paint your fish replica to match your fish exactly! Custom blended translusive lacquer paints and the finest clear urethane topcoats are always standard at Coast to Coast Fish Mounts

Positions of our Tarpon Mounts

Our Tarpon fish replicas are available in customer pleasing high action anatomical poses, as in traditional slight bend to the head, slight bend to the tail, swimming pose, leaping pose, and rolling down poses. Open mouth, open gill, and complete inner mouth detail is standard.

Sizes Available of our Tarpon Mounts

We build, own, and stock over 2000 fish replica molds of all sizes and species that are custom created and painted for you in our facility one fish at a time to match the length, girth, and all of the specific characteristics and details only YOUR FISH displays.

Available in sizes 6 to 94 inches.

Additional Information:

Scientific Name: Megalops

Average Size: Tarpon will grow anywhere from 5 to 8 ft. long and weigh 80 to 300 lbs. Female tarpon grow as large as 300 pounds and can reach over 8ft long. The female tarpon can live for over 50 years while the smaller male tarpon 30 years. The oldest tarpon in captivity lived in an aquarium in Chicago and died at 63 years of age. The all tackle tarpon record is 286lbs, and the Florida tarpon record is 243lbs.

Location & Habitat: There are actually two species of tarpon. One species of Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus – Atlantic Tarpon) is found on the western Atlantic coast from Virginia to Brazil, throughout the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, as well as throughout the Caribbean. Tarpon are also found along the eastern Atlantic coast from Senegal to Angola. The other species of Tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides – Indo-Pacific Tarpon) are found along the eastern African coast, Southeast Asia, Japan, Tahiti and Australia. Both species of Tarpon are found in both salt and freshwater habitats, usually with ascending rivers to access freshwater marshes. Tarpon are also one of the few fish in the world that have a swim bladder. It acts as a lung so tarpon can breathe raw air. Tarpon can still breathe like most fish breath through their gills. This is one reason it is thought that tarpon can battle for so long, because of the amount of oxygen they are able to take in throughout the fight.

There have been many polls done proclaiming tarpon as the ultimate sport fish, and it’s easy to see why. When it comes to pound for pound explosiveness, endurance, and jumping ability not many come close. At Coast To Coast Fish Mounts, we capture that explosiveness and unique coloration that only your tarpon displays with a tarpon replica fish mount that will last a lifetime.

Reviews of our Tarpon Fish Mounts

Joe,

I received my tarpon replica fish mount. What can I say, I'm at a loss for words. This is way more than I expected. The tarpon replica fish mount is incredible. I get to look at it every day and relive that day over again.

Thanks so much, Sir

Randy Chapman, Knoxville, TN

My son loves his tarpon replica mount! My daughter-in-law ... not enough to make space in the house so he has moved it his office, so all is good! Thank you.

Tommy Foster

Received my fish today. Looks GREAT! Thanks for the hard work and attention to detail. I will be recommending you guys.

Korey Boen

Joe & Lowrey,

Just wanted to let you know we got the fish mount and are extremely pleased, it looks wonderful! Thank you both! I'll certainly be recommending you to anyone who needs a mount done and if I'm lucky I'll have another trophy to mount one of these days.

Thanks,

Lee Sienka

Hi Joe,

I recieved the bass/package today in the mail. I am extremely happy how it came out. Thanks again for the great work. Hopefully now i can catch a 6 pounder and have another one recreated. I will 100% have you create the next monster that i catch.

Sincerely,

 

David Smith

Joe, Bass looks unbelievable on the wall.  The colors are beautiful.  Thanks for a top notch job.  Again you have preserved an awesome memory for me.

Gary Delair

Hi Joe,

The fish arrived today and it is gorgeous, perfect!  Thank you for working with me on this.  Phenomenal job again.  I was wowed when I opened the box.  I hope to catch another big fish so we can do business again.  Thanks again!

Rob Davis

Joe and Lowrey

We just wanted to take a minute and thank you for the excellent job you guys did on my daughters fish. It looks perfect!! Rest assured that the next time she catches a big one, we will again be going to your place of business.

Thanks again,

Myron Kurnyk

Hi Lowery and Joe, I want to tell you that my fish is absolutely beautiful. You did an awesome job recreating my trophy!!! Thank you very much.. I'm in hopes that my next fishing trip will bring another trophy for me to have you do the mount again. 

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

Bill

Bill Orne

Looks amazing in the trophy room. Wife was thrilled with how it turned out. Will definite be a return customer.

Noah Sartin, Alabama

The craftsmanship on this mount is incredible! I will ONLY have Joe and his staff do all my future mounts

Todd Gratrix

Joe - We receive the tarpon replica mount and you guys did a fantastic job on it! Thank you.

David- Fair Oaks Ranch, TX

David Mack

The replica mount tarpon arrived today and it looks great! It's already on the wall! Thanks for all your efforts to make it happen. We will be talking to you again on our yellow eye.

Brian

 

Brian Krambeer

Hi Joe, Lowey - just a note to say thanks. The tarpon replica mount is amazing! When I opened the shipping crate I felt as if I was right back in the moment that I landed this beautiful fish! Incredible job, looks fantastic on my wall. Thanks again! Eric

Eric Merchant, Helena, MT

Lowrey,

Thanks for all your help this year!  I'm so excited to have found a new contact that creates the highest quality fish mounts and replicas.  You've made purchaseing mounts from you very easy, and we look forward to working with you in the future.

Thanks,

Bass Pro Shops, Chealsea Evenson Retail Planning Coordinator

Thanks again for this amazing replica of my Tarpon.  This came out incredible, so life like and detailed.  By far the nicest Tarpon mount I've ever seen, and I've been looking for years.  Best part is it's hanging over the fireplace on the first floor of my house, that's how much my wife likes it :)

Todd MacKechnie

Dear Joe,

I would like to thank you for your professional work you have done for my clients' fish replicas. I have been thanked by them, for your work. With all the taxidermists in our area, I see a lot of fish mounts. Their work doesn’t even come close to yours. The first look life-like. I’ve yet to see work comparable to yours. Once again, I would like to thank you for making my business a success. I’m sure you’ll be seeing many more fish from myself and my clients.

Sincerely,

Arthur W. Novarro Jr. Registered Guide, Coho Lodge, Driftboat & Guide Service

Dear Joe and co-workers,

I just wanted to thank you for the magnificent reproductions of the fish replicas (fish mounts) you did for me recently. You are truly excelling in this art, and I am especially thankful for the very real eyes you provided for the replicas. I will be back with more fish for more beautiful fish mounts!

 Wish best wishes,

Dr. Hartmut Kramer-Mills Jamesburg, NJ

Dear Joe & Lowrey Pitruzzello,

I am writing to thank you for the wonderful job you did mounting my fish mounts. Rarely have I seen a taxidermist with your attention to authenticity and deail, fewer still with your artistic expertise when it comes to painting a fish replica in its true spawning colors. I will be sending you a male brown trout that I had mounted by another marine taxidermist several years ago. I was sorely disappointed in his ability to capture the vivid colors of a spawning brown. I’m sure you can restore this mount to its true majesty, as I’ve seen several brown trout mount fish replicas you’ve completed. Once again, thanks for a beautiful fish mount, and I will be recommending your services to my friends and any acquaintances that are looking for the best in taxidermist.

Sincerely,

Hermon Ashline Albany, NY

Hi Lowery,

I was just thinking to myself how rare a great artist is. I feel very fortunate to have the mounts that your company have made for me

The work Joe does is nothing short of amazing. These mounts bring our experiences back to life, and all the emotions that come along with. Your company's work is a legacy, your hard work makes people happy. I appreciate you and your husbands and your crew's work. I’m looking forward to getting my next order in! I want to get everything I can while you Guys are still around ?

Happy Monday! Thank you again. Please share my appreciation with Joe and your team!

Dylan Towne

I freaking love my fish replica mount!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you SO much for working with me! 

So worth it!!!

Michelle Anderson

Lowrey, Joe - The replica fish mount came yesterday - wow! it is spectacular - you guys did a great job. I already have it up in my ship in the spot I have been saving for it.

David Brandos, Hamilton, MT

I want to thank joe and Lowery for doing such a great job on my replica Tarpon!  Such a amazing job and artist!  It looks alive. I’ve been reliving that day all day today. You guys are the best.

Rob Duprey