Villarreal took first place in the open, natural finish category of the World Taxidermy and Fish Carving Championships in Springfield, Ill. held in May. His natural wood carving is of a two-foot ...

SYLVAN LAKE, MI -- Bob Batchik has long been hooked on fish and fishing: bluegills, trout, bass, pike and perch. He isn’t fussy. He likes them all - particularly if he has a carving knife in hand.

It was a reward for his more than 40 years of contributions to taxidermy and fish carving and for his more than 250 awards for his work. “I cherish the award,” Berry said. “It’s only the ...

“I can do anything I see in my mind,” he said in his suburban house, as we toured his taxidermy, fish carvings, paintings, tackle collections and binders of photos and stories. He’s not kiddin ...

When he was starting with carving, a friend from church introduced Harper to Mike Ford, a master carver. In turn, Ford connected Harper with Fred Kinne, a local master fish carver. Kinne helped ...

“Looking at live fish is the best way to do it,” he said about his award-winning fish carvings. Sale also carves birds, a reflection of his lifelong love of the outdoors. “I grew up next to ...

Consisting of a crudely engraved creature with the head of a goat and the body of a fish, the image has been identified as Capricornus, the mythological figure representing the constellation ...

Being an avid fisherman and outdoorsman, much of his work is commissioned fish carvings for clients who want to capture in a wood sculpture a certain time, place, event or the thrill of catching a ...

Carving a whole Bluefin tuna is an intricate process that requires skill and precision. In this video, we take you through the steps of transforming this massive fish into beautiful, restaurant ...

For the first time ever, the Great Lakes Fish Decoy Collecting and Carving Association brings the Fish Decoy Carving World Championship to Cadillac. Starting Friday, at the Lake Cadillac Resort ...