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Giant Trout
Preston, MN
This Giant Trout is 19 feet long and installed on a trailer. It was produced by FAST Fiberglass and has been here since at least 2006. There was once a six-foot-long chainsaw carved fish in town but it fell into such disrepair that it was destroyed. [map]

Giant Trout
Kalkaska, MI		 Giant Trout
Palisade, CO
This Giant Trout in Kalkaska is 17 feet long and 12 feet tall. It leaps in a fountain. This is the third version of the fish that was originally installed here in 1966. The original fiberglass statue was produced by Ben son of the Plycrete Mold Co. The original sculpture from which the mold was made was created by Elmer Johnson. The company was based in Elk Rapids, MI. When the statue was restored in 1987, a mayfly (now missing) was installed next to the trout's mouth. The trout is Michigan's state fish and Kalkaska is home to the National Trout Festival. A Giant Robin, Michigan's state bird, stood next to this Trout. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

The Giant Trout in Palisade was created from Colorado license plates. It is installed in front of a residence. [map]

Giant Trout
Dubois, WY		 Giant Trout
Pinedale, WY
This Giant Trout and Fishing Pole in Dubois is installed in front of High Altitude Tees & Tackle. [map]

This Giant Trout in Pinedale is installed on the roof of Ridley's Family Market. [map]

Giant Trout
Baxter, MN		 Giant Trout
Motley, MN
This Giant Trout statue in Baxter was located on top of the sign at the Baxter Village shopping center. It advertised for Morey's Seafood Market. By 2018, Morey's had moved. The Trout is now displayed on a trailer in front of the new location. [map]

This Giant Trout statue in Motley is installed on top of the sign at Morey's Seafood Market's original store. [map]

Giant Trout
Spanish Fort, AL
This Giant Trout is installed in front of the Bluegill Restaurant. The restaurant opened in 1958. This statue has been there since at least 2011. [map]

There is another Giant Fish in Spanish Fort at Ralph & Kacoo's.

Giant Trout
Idaho Falls, ID		 Giant Trout
Checotah, OK
This Giant Trout in Idaho Falls is located at Hyde Drift Boats. It was installed sometime between 2008 and 2011. [map]

This Giant Trout in Checotah is located at Lake Eufaula State Park. [map]

Giant Trout & Muskie
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
The Giant Trout and Muskie are located at the Trading Post which sells hunting, fishing, camping supplies and souvenirs. [map]

Giant Trout
Livingston, MT
These three metal Giant Trout statues are installed over the entrance of Dan Bailey's Fly Shop. They were created by Jim Dolan and installed in 1996. [map]

Giant Rainbow Trout
Blue Ridge, GA		 Giant Rainbow Trout
Blue Ridge, GA
The Rainbow Trout sculpture on the left is one of eight other identical five-foot-tall fiberglass statues that were created in 2017 for the Trout Art Trail. Each one is decorated differently. This one, entitled "Rainbow of Marbles", was covered with marbles by Larry Minor. It is installed in front of The Art Center. For more, see this website. [map]

The chainsaw-carved Rainbow Trout sculpture on the right is about 15 feet tall. In 2021, it was created by the "Saw Artist" from a dead tree next to the downtown playground. For more, see this website. [map]

Trout
Kings Beach, CA
This Trout sculpture was installed in front of Lanza's Restaurant sometime in or after 2021. There was single trout sculpture there which was created by Peter Hazel and installed in 2014. It was covered in tiles made from broken crockery. I don't know what happened to that sculpture or who created this replacement with five trout. [map]

More Giant Trout Statues:
Twin Lakes, WI
Kamloops, BC
Nipigon, ON

Northern Pike
Erskine, MN
This giant Northern Pike was built in 1953 by local artist Ernie Konikson. The statue is about 20 feet long and made from concrete. [map]

Giant Tropical Fishes and Coral
Islamorada, FL (now Marathon, FL)
2009: 2020:
These Giant Tropical Fishes and Coral were originally installed at the Garden of Eden, a garden and gift shop, in Islamorada. By 2011, the store was gone and the statue had been moved to Tilden's Scuba Center in Marathon. The statue was repainted around 2018. [map]

Giant Sunfish
Onalaska, WI
This Giant Sunfish, nicknamed "Sunny", is 12 feet tall and 20 feet long. Onalaska calls itself the Sunfish Capitol of the World and has an annual Sunfish Days festival. [map]

Bluegill & Crappie
Centre, AL		 Giant Crappie
Hornbeak, TN
These two Giant Fish statues are installed at Weiss Lake Lodge. The bluegill is 10 feet long while the crappie is 15 feet long. Centre is known as the "Crappie Capital of the World". These photos are from 2010. By 2011, the Lodge had added a third giant fish, a bream. [map]

The Giant Crappie in Hornbeak is located at the Kirby Pocket Day Use Area on Reelfoot Lake. This fiberglass statue appears to be from the same mold as the Crappie in Centre. [map]

Bluegill
Andalusia, AL
This Bluegill statue was installed in front of Fletcher's Outdoor store sometime after 2016. [map]

Bluegill
Birchwood, WI		 Panfish
New Prague, MN
This 14-foot-long Bluegill statue is located in a park on the south side of town. Birchwood is known as the "Bluegill Capital of Wisconsin". The statue has been here since at least 2003. [map]

This Panfish is installed in front of the Fishtale Bar & Grill. It is identified elsewhere as a sunfish. It appears to be from the same mold as the bluefish statues. Evidently, a bluegill is a type of panfish. [map]

Giant Bluegill
Orr, MN		 Giant Fish
Escanaba, MI
This fiberglass Giant Bluegill statue was previously painted bright green and yellow. These photos from 2011 show more realistic colors. The statue was created sometime before the 1980s by Gordon Shumaker who is responsible for the Polar Bear (White Bear Lake, MN), Smokey the Bear (International Falls, MN), and Big Ole (Alexandria, MN). For more, see this website. [map]

This Giant Fish in Escanaba is one of at least seven installed in 2006 in the "Fish Out of Water" art project organized by the city. The fish are about five feet long and three feet tall. They were painted different colors depending on which business they were associated with. The statues included Wells Fargo's "Wells Fargold Fish," the "Game Fish" at the Island Resort & Casino, and the "Indigi Fish" at Bay College. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Giant Fish
Spanish Fort, AL		 Giant Fish & Fishing Pole
Corsicana, TX
The Giant Fish in Spanish Fort is installed on the roof of Felix's Fish Camp restaurant. It has been there since at least 2008. [map]

This Giant Fish & Fishing Pole are located at Corsicana Sign and Crane. They have been there since at least 2003. [map]

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