The result is an uncanny piece of etched metal art that, from a few feet away, looks like a real, taxidermied fish, or maybe a painted fiberglass or graphite reproduction fish. “That's the goal ...

Compare that to the cost of real-fish taxidermy, or graphite/fiberglass reproductions, which can cost from $10 to $15 per inch, making that 52-inch muskie a $500 to $750 fish.

Darkhouse spearing with fish-luring decoys is a time-honored sport in Minnesota, and some folk-art decoys carved by the old masters are worth hundreds, even thousands, of dollars.

Art dedication Saturday features “School of Flying Fish” (Pitt County Arts Council) By Sharon Johnson Published: Feb. 25, 2021 at 7:29 PM PST ...