About Lake Country Replicas

Due to the oil in the heads and skin of most salt water fish, they don’t lend themselves to being mounted as a skin mount. As a result taxidermists began making molds of salt water fish and producing Fish Reproductions from them. Freshwater fish however remained easy to mount so until the decline of trophy fish began to get fishermen’s attention there were few reproductions of the inland species. As catch and release fishing gained popularity, taxidermists began making molds from skin mounted fish. These early attempts left much to be desired in the quality of the resulting fish replicas. Made of fiberglass, they required extensive work and the end results were not particularly impressive.

In 2004 a Minnesota taxidermist solicited the financial support of Fred Roguske, an avid sport fisherman, to develop a new line of fish molds using Hollywood Technology and Space Age Materials. The quality improvements were dramatic and Lake Country Replicas soon became one of the leading suppliers of Fish Replicas to the taxidermy industry. A state of the art facility was designed and constructed in central Minnesota. The molds are created by casting the actual fish specimen with silicone, capturing extensive detail from the fish, which results in fish replicas that look like real fish, not painted pieces of plastic.  

Being a seasoned businessman, Roguske hired proven taxidermy artists and contracted with Rick Krane, “Several Times World Fish Taxidermy Champion”, to train them. The team of sixteen experienced men and women combine their talent under the supervision of Nathan Metz to provide our customers with consistently high quality fish reproductions and accessory products. We strive to meet reasonable delivery times so that our taxidermy customers are able to meet their commitments and maintain happy customers.

We are proud of the fact that over the past fifteen years Lake Country Replicas has grown to become the largest freshwater fish replica manufacturer in North America which is a testimony to the quality of our products and service.