Tom Wendel Wildlife Artist

09/07/2026

Mega Brown Trout!
Over 25lbs and about 38 inches long.

08/29/2026

About this time of year, those big kings start to " tighten up" before they make their spawning run. Still in the lake sporting those silver sides but adding a nose kype and a more defined muscle structure.

06/28/2026

Even though the cohos and kings go missing for a short while, big Lake Trout like this one are always around.

06/13/2026

This 22" Rainbow was a fun little project from one of my custom molds.

05/22/2026

46 years ago I mounted this huge walleye for Hall Of Fame fisherman and friend Carl Malz. Certainly one of the most considerate, polite and gracious person you will ever meet.
It now has a new head, eye, and paint. Ready for another 46 years.

04/09/2026

A recent trophy walleye replica.

04/04/2026

04/04/2026

I think that a 38 inch male Brown Trout like this one is on every fisherman's bucket list. This replica was a perfect collaboration from the supplier with a superior body blank and the customer who allowed me to make a custom mold and cast of the head from his fish.

01/03/2026

This 39 inch Goliath Grouper replica is very close in size to the fish that I caught a couple years ago while fishing in the Keys. I was using a live Bermuda Chub for bait and the fish had to be coaxed out from underneath a concrete structure.