Carving Crappie Fish, basswood

Terrific job. I want to go fishing

My son would probably kill to get his hands on that beautiful carving.

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Great looking sac-a-lait! (as we call them in South Louisiana)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Lets cook that sucker up – What do you mean it’s wood ?

You did an excellent job on this, it does look quite real..

Thanks for sharing

-- Scotty - aka... SgtSnafu - Randleman NC

Very Cool Crappie !!

-- Pat - Worker of Wood, Collector of Tools, Father of one

Got Tarter Sauce?

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Exceptional proportions! It just looks real/right from every perspective. Speaks volumes about the various, involved skills. The fact you can do this with the wife is a total bonus.

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Yes, that’s super! In my opinion, decorative decoys have kind of taken a back seat to fish in the past while, don’t know why but perhaps capturing a fish face and coloring is more challenging – you definitely did both!

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I think you did a fantastic job carving your fish , it doesn’t look crappie at all ! A lot better than I can carve.

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Nice crappie. Looks very real.

-- Donnie-- listen to the wood.

Awesome job….. I have not tried to carve fish. But I can appreciate the talent it takes to do so.
Thanks for sharing and welcome to LJ’s we need more carvers.

-- Can't never could do anything, to try is to advance.

Your first! ? ! ? ! WOW! (and I thought my husband's were great) We can’t wait to see more of your fish carvings! Fabulous job. Thanks for posting, and welcome to LumberJocks.

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Very nicely done. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

That’s a fabulous carving, and a great setup/mount. I look forward to seeing more.

-- Making scrap with zen-like precision - Woodbutchery

the last two pictures says it all (I like the last picture it´s seems to be in the water)
the fish is alive and it can´t be done much better
very well done

Dennis