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Fishing Pumpkin Stencils

Fishing pumpkin stencils feature rods bent with a catch, hooks, leaping bass, and lake scenes with a boat on the water, a favourite for anglers and lake-house porches through the fall.

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  • Carving guide with every stencil
The Lucky Catch pumpkin stencil

Carving guide

How to carve a fishing pumpkin stencil

A leaping fish is a single silhouette; cut it through in one piece with the fins finished by a knife. The rod and line are thin uncut strips against a cut-through sky or water; cut on alternating sides of the line. Water ripples are scraped curves below the fish.

A fishing pumpkin beside a tackle box or a mounted fish on the porch says who lives here. It fits a cabin or lake-house display all fall.

Questions

Fishing stencil questions

How do I carve the fishing line without it breaking?+

Leave the line as an uncut strip of pumpkin against the cut background, at least a quarter inch wide. Cut the background in small sections on alternating sides of it.

Which fishing stencil is quickest?+

The single hook or the leaping bass silhouette. Both are one opening and take under 45 minutes.

How long do fishing pumpkin stencils take to carve?+

Check the individual stencil's carving guide for its time estimate. Preparation, pumpkin size, wall thickness and your experience affect the total; difficulty alone does not determine carving time.

Which fishing pumpkin stencils are the easiest?+

1 of the 6 are easy, 3 of the 6 are intermediate, 2 of the 6 are hard. Compare the difficulty labels and carving guides to choose a design.

Pick a fishing design, print it, and light up the porch.

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