Gene began his career in 1976, as a fish taxidermist. He began fish carving in 1984 and is consided a master fish carver among his peers. Inspired by this relatively new art form, he has watched its popularity quickly growing among everyone from sportsmen to art connoisseurs. He eventually stopped his fish taxidermy practice in 2000 to focus more on "Catch and Release" fish carving. He is now 59 years old and has spent his life studying fish anatomy and color. He has an extensive collection of profiles, measurements and photographs of the hundreds of fish that have passed through his studio. This collection allows him to produce beautiful, accurate and long lasting reproductions that increase in value.

Gene Bahr was born in Wellington, Alabama on May 30, 1950. Growing up in the rural countryside, he spent his childhood exploring the hills and creeks around him and developing what has become a lifelong love of nature and wildlife. He was fortunate to have a grandfather who was artistically inclined and remembers, as far back as the impressionable age of six, spending evenings at a kitchen table cluttered with art supplies where he would spend hours teaching Gene how to draw and color with pastels. His encouragement and kind approval instilled in Gene a love of art and a lasting confidence in his abilities.

After graduating from high school in 1968, Gene spent four years in the Navy travelling over most of the northern hemisphere. Upon leaving the Navy, he moved north and is presently living in a log house on a mountainside in the beautiful lakes region of Sebago, Maine with his two dogs.

Gene began his career in 1976, as a fish taxidermist. He began fish carving in 1984 and is consided a master fish carver among his peers. Inspired by this relatively new art form, he has watched its popularity quickly growing among everyone from sportsmen to art connoisseurs. He eventually stopped his fish taxidermy practice in 2000 to focus more on "Catch and Release" fish carving. He is now 59 years old and has spent his life studying fish anatomy and color. He has an extensive collection of profiles, measurements and photographs of the hundreds of fish that have passed through his studio. This collection allows him to produce beautiful, accurate and long lasting reproductions that increase in value.