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Dusk over the open ocean, a crescent moon above the horizon

Holy Mackerel — museum-grade fiberglass fish sculptures, hand-painted in Australia

Holy Mackerel — Fiberglass Fish Sculptures

Through the surface · −12 m

The fight is over.
The story isn’t.

Sculpted from existing molds and painted by hand — held exactly as it looked the moment it came up.

Sunlit Zone · −40 m

Every scar. Every shimmer.
Remembered.

Each mount is cast from molds of true trophy fish, then painted by hand — layer over layer — until the light moves across it like wet skin.

Twilight Zone · −200 m

Where the light gives up,
detail begins.

Lightweight fiberglass. Museum-quality permanence. No taxidermy, no decay — only the moment, held still.

Midnight Zone · −1,000 m

The ocean keeps its legends
in the dark.

Yours doesn’t have to stay down here.

102

Premium molds

100%

Fiberglass · no taxidermy

Hand painted

One side as standard

AU-wide

Delivery

The Craft

Hyper-real, down to the
last lateral line.

Macro of a hand-painted fiberglass fish eye

01 · The Eye

Eyes that hold the fight

Each eye is set and painted by hand — iris rings, corneal depth, the wet gleam of a fish still in the water. It’s the first thing people look at, so it’s the last thing we let go.

Macro of hand-painted marlin flank with cobalt bars over teal and copper

02 · The Paint

Paint that moves like water

Layered airbrush and brushwork over sculpted skin texture — cobalt bars bleeding into teal, copper flanks fading to pearl. One side, painted to museum standard.

Macro of sculpted scale and shell texture on a fiberglass mount

03 · The Sculpt

Cast from the real thing

Every plate, spine and scute comes from existing molds taken off true trophy fish. Lightweight fiberglass that hangs easily on a home wall — and outlasts the story you tell about it.

The Collection

102 species.
Every one hand made.

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3D fibreglass mould

Full-bodied sculpture — not a flat panel, not taxidermy.

One side hand-painted

The standard finish, painted by hand.

Both sides optional

Available at additional cost — just ask.

Every price on this site is for a single painted side. Double-sided painting is quoted on enquiry.

The paint

Painted to the species.
Or painted to your fish.

Every mount is hand-painted either way. The only question is whether you want the species in its true colours — or the exact fish you caught.

Standard · what most people order

Standard paint

Hand-painted in the species' true colours, to museum reference. No photos needed, nothing to decide — and it's the price you see on every listing.

Included in the listed price

Optional · your exact fish

Custom paint-match

Send us photos of the fish you caught and we'll paint the mould to match it — the exact bar pattern, the flush of the gill plate, the fade it had when it came over the side. We paint to your fish, not to a template.

Quoted on enquiry

Start a custom order

Both options are hand-painted on one side as standard — listed prices are for a single painted side.

Gallery

Straight from the Holy Mackerel studio.

Real mounts, real paint — photographed in our workshop before delivery.

Blue marlin mount head detail
Blue Marlin · head detail
Tarpon fiberglass mount
Tarpon · full mount
Loggerhead turtle replica
Loggerhead Turtle
Wahoo mount stripe detail
Wahoo · bar detail
Atlantic sailfish mount with raised sail
Sailfish · full sail
Mahi mahi dolphin fish mount
Dolphin Fish (Mahi)
Queen triggerfish paint detail
Queen Triggerfish · detail
Peacock bass mount
Peacock Bass
Salmon fiberglass mount
Salmon
Crayfish replica sculpture
Crayfish · studio piece
Mac tuna mount
Mack Tuna
Trout mount spot detail
Trout · spot detail

Enquiries

Let’s mount your legend.

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