Decent!!! I thought I was the only one preserving heads like that. Never watched or looked up anything until after I already did it. Just did a Brown Trout, a huge Walleye & Northern Pike head. Even used fake eyes & mounted it on a cheap arts & crafts board from Wal-Mart. Looks phenomenal! About a week process in total or so (to ensure no molding) & total cost is less than $10 bucks. Can't get any better than that! Most fisherman arent going to shell out hundreds of dollars every nice catch. They should opt into doing it this way.
I’m gunna do this for for my 4 year old son who just caught his very first fish through the ice yesterday to bad I can’t put his picture on here me n him were so proud n I like this video a lot that you so very much for making one on here
I would have thought that would have taken a lot longer than it did. I'll be going to big pike country later this year, ( The UP ), so maybe I will find myself a nice big pike to mount! Hey Brad, you up in Alaska yet? Can't wait to see what you caught up there. Also, you got to do a video of the UP going for giant Tiger muskellunge.
@@thefisherbradyes but there seems to be two types of borax. One that is laundry booster and one that is detergent booster. The one you use in the video is the detergent booster but I have the laundry booster. I am not sure if there is a difference, or if they are the same product just with slightly different packaging. that’s what I was asking about. I have a wonderful trophy chain pickerel head here that I want to do the best I can with so I don’t want to be confused.
Thank you so much for making this video! Really helps! Just a couple questions What is the borax for exactly? Does it help break down and decay more meat and tissue from the head? And is the gloss absolutely necessary for this process or is it just to make the head shinier? Please answer I really want to do this thanks and all the best on the water!
Borax soaked in water for 48 hours. And no further action has been taken? Then how many days left to dry. And has any other action been taken? I have a trophy, too, and I'm thinking of drying his head in the closet. Could you help me, please. Can you tell us about all the procedures you have implemented with a message.
If you dry it out in a garage it takes a few days. You’ll also see dermaseptic beetles on it that help eat the rest clean. When you paint it they’ll run out
Ive been looking for a way to clean a gar skull so this really help! ❤
I have seen pictures of people doing this and I finally found a video how. Thanks!
Sanden O`Connell no problem!
@@thefisherbrad what washpowder can i also take to make this?????????**
Decent!!! I thought I was the only one preserving heads like that. Never watched or looked up anything until after I already did it. Just did a Brown Trout, a huge Walleye & Northern Pike head. Even used fake eyes & mounted it on a cheap arts & crafts board from Wal-Mart. Looks phenomenal! About a week process in total or so (to ensure no molding) & total cost is less than $10 bucks. Can't get any better than that! Most fisherman arent going to shell out hundreds of dollars every nice catch. They should opt into doing it this way.
I definetly agree!!!! It’s super cheap and way faster then most people think!
@@thefisherbrad Amen brother. Keep up the great videos! I just became a Subscriber. 🤘🤠🤘
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@@thefisherbrad Hi Dude, do you have a FB account?
I’m gunna do this for for my 4 year old son who just caught his very first fish through the ice yesterday to bad I can’t put his picture on here me n him were so proud n I like this video a lot that you so very much for making one on here
Glad to hear it man no problem! Heel have it forever!
@@thefisherbrad I hope he does to bad I can’t send a picture of how it turned out
Wow so Amazing your video, congrats !
Good, good health. So I dried the Rainbow Trout from its head, see if you like it. Greetings from Turkey
cool video but the same 30 second clip of music over and over was killing me.
Lol same
Hey there! Do you plan on making an update on the head? I would love to see how they are holding up with this technique :)
Its that solt in put in the water?
I would have thought that would have taken a lot longer than it did. I'll be going to big pike country later this year, ( The UP ), so maybe I will find myself a nice big pike to mount! Hey Brad, you up in Alaska yet? Can't wait to see what you caught up there. Also, you got to do a video of the UP going for giant Tiger muskellunge.
Nice video brad
Question, does it matter if the borax is the detergent booster or the laundry booster or can either be used?
I would only use borax personally
@@thefisherbradyes but there seems to be two types of borax. One that is laundry booster and one that is detergent booster. The one you use in the video is the detergent booster but I have the laundry booster. I am not sure if there is a difference, or if they are the same product just with slightly different packaging. that’s what I was asking about. I have a wonderful trophy chain pickerel head here that I want to do the best I can with so I don’t want to be confused.
@@spindominusgod7743 I would just use the exact product I used in the videi
Waw nice video, and good spot i like🤗🙏
So the clear will protect the original color of the gar? Or do u still need to paint it?
I never painted it. Clear coat is great
Thank you so much for making this video! Really helps!
Just a couple questions
What is the borax for exactly? Does it help break down and decay more meat and tissue from the head?
And is the gloss absolutely necessary for this process or is it just to make the head shinier?
Please answer I really want to do this thanks and all the best on the water!
The borax is just a preservative. The gloss will make it shinier and will make it look 10 x better I highly recommend the gloss
trying this tomorrow on my 26” pike head
How long did you put it in the borax?
2 days
So same process for a bass head im guessing? Also have you ever tried a clear coat 2 part epoxy?
Could u use polyurethane on it
Can you do it on a bass
How much borax and water do you use
What does the borax do?
Could u use polyurethane
You say pike but u clean the gar. I am confused
It’s the same exact process
Borax soaked in water for 48 hours. And no further action has been taken? Then how many days left to dry. And has any other action been taken? I have a trophy, too, and I'm thinking of drying his head in the closet. Could you help me, please. Can you tell us about all the procedures you have implemented with a message.
I put a clear coat of paint after it has dried out
If you dry it out in a garage it takes a few days. You’ll also see dermaseptic beetles on it that help eat the rest clean. When you paint it they’ll run out
You just cleaned it up with borax. And I don't think there is any other action. We're not doing anything else, I get it right.
@@ismailcelik9157 yes correct
Don’t get it. Video is called How to mount a pike head, and he does a gar??
Same process
Once I get my own place I’m gonna have a wall with the heads of my pbs
What about the cheek meat on a northern....
You will want to remove it
Soooooo , all you need is just borax basically??
Dwight Adi yes after you removed the meat
Nice! But not Gar (pike). Just Gars
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thats not a pike