About us
Your best fish deserves better than a phone gallery
Most great catches end up as a photo nobody looks at again. We turn that photo into a piece of art that hangs on your wall, faithful to the fish you actually caught.
A real customer's 54-inch muskie, framed and shipped. Drag to see it.
Why we started
The old options were a skin mount or a fiberglass replica. A skin mount means keeping the fish. A replica does not, which is the part most people never hear, but both still mean waiting the better part of a year and paying more than most anglers want to spend on one wall. Meanwhile the photo sat on a phone with a few thousand others.
Flat taxidermy, explained
Flat taxidermy is a mount you hang like a picture. We work from your photo to rebuild the fish as artwork, keeping its real markings, color and proportions, then print it at true-to-life scale and frame it. Tell us the length and a 22-inch walleye comes back 22 inches on the wall.
| Skin mount | Replica | Frame Your Catch | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The fish | You have to keep it | You can release it | You can release it |
| What it's made from | The skin of your actual fish | A fiberglass body, painted to match | Your photo, printed and framed |
| What you send | The fish, frozen | Length, girth and photos | One photo |
| Time | Six months to a year | Six months to a year | On your wall in about a week |
| Cost | Often $500 and up | Often $500 and up | A fraction of that, starting at $29 |
| On the wall | A bulky three-dimensional mount | A bulky three-dimensional mount | Hangs flat, like a picture |
A replica lets you release the fish too. The difference is what it costs you to get there: months of waiting and several hundred dollars, against a photo and about a week.
How it works
- 1
Upload your photo
A clear side-on shot of your catch works best.
- 2
Preview it free
True-to-life artwork, every marking and fin kept.
- 3
We print & ship it
Framed, as a poster, or a digital file. Ready to hang.
We do not draw a generic fish
This is the part we care most about. Your photo is the reference, so the spots, scars, fin shape and coloring come back as the fish you caught, not a stock illustration of the species. We clean up the shot and straighten the pose. We do not invent a better fish.
You see the finished artwork before you pay a cent. If it is not right, do not buy it.
Ordering from us
- Preview before you pay. Uploading a photo and seeing your art costs nothing and needs no account.
- Free US shipping, folded into the price you see. Prints are made to order and usually ship within a few business days.
- Something wrong? Tell us and we fix it. See the refund policy or report a problem with an order.
Frame Your Catch is part of Flat Taxidermy, which is doing the same thing for big game and birds.
See your fish on a wall
Free to try. Prints from $29.
Frame your fish →Questions first? Read the FAQ or get in touch.