Houston fisherman gets awesome leg tattoo

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A Houston-area fisherman is officially ready for a busy spring and summer of fishing along the Gulf Coast and beyond after getting a handy leg tattoo.

Chris Nelson recently spent five hours with tattoo artist Larry Shaw Jr. at 3rd Generation Ink in the Heights getting a tattoo on his leg of a fish with inch marks on it, handy for making sure his catches go along with Texas fishing regulations.

Shaw’s grandfather Bob Shaw was an influential tattoo artist in his own right and Larry Sr. owns and runs Shaw’s Tattoo Studio off Westheimer, the first licensed shop in Houston.

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Nelson, who works with various charities across the area and is an avid biker, checked with Texas Parks and Wildlife to confirm details of length limits before getting the ink done. The department repaid him by posting a picture of his tattoo on its official Facebook page.

Nelson called them first before he went to the shop to confirm size limits. It’s not just the names of the fish he likes to catch it’s also the size limits for each.

The tattoo is on the side of Nelson’s leg and runs from the edge of the bottom of his foot and runs up just past his knee.

How did the tattoo feel getting inked into him?

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"Like fire ants with lasers and razor blades partying on my foot," he says.

He plans on using the tattoo out on the water as soon as it heals, he says. The feeling of salt water and fish slime on a healing tattoo isn't very comfortable.