Sketching in scales. Mitch Kezar Schulze started carving more than 12 years ago, about the time his two kids left the family nest. Since then, he’s carved 371 fish so far. He gives away a few to ...

It paid off.” Villarreal, who holds carving workshops and classes, said he plans compete in the next World Taxidermy and Fish Carving Championship, to be held in 2015. “It was great to see ...

“You hope for things like that, plan for things like that ... from the California Association of Taxidermists, World Fish Carving Championships and others prestigious shows.

But just because he's gotten good at carving and can now successfully sculpt anything he sets his mind to, that doesn't mean Hartley plans to leave the water. "I just want to make fish," he said.

The couple have carving plans for their 5-acre lot and home ... On the students' second day, they carve a three-dimensional fish out of a thick plank of wood. Looking at Renfroe's fish, Kenny ...