Fish mount pics

[clfarms1]

I love all here mounts but just don't care for the open mouths. The only open mouth I ever see on a fish is when they're dead laying on a layer of ice. I know they are opening to take a bait but if you watch a video of it it's only for a millisecond and then they're closed again. Same goes for the flared gills. I'm surprised the "artist" does stick a fake thumb in their mouths with them gapping so wide. Why do taxidermists insist on this? I would do more mounts if they would do them the way I want and in a more natural resting state which the fish is 99% of its life. Still think they all look really nice just prefer to see a mount with a fish in the pose I imagine they are in the moment before my jigs drops to them. Never saw a deer mount with the face grimacing as the bullet enters its body.

My crappie was mounted with its mouth open with the minnow being sucked in because that is the way I wanted it done. It had nothing to do with the way he wanted to do it. I'm sure that is the way it looked right before I set the hook