Treating a tail from a sailfish

[KANOOK]

Looking for a little help? Just returned from a trip from Mexico and am wondering what I have to do to preserve a tail from a sailfish to place it on the wall?
Will it loose its color over time , if so anything I can put on it to save the color ?

Thanx ,
Yours in fishing , Robbie

 

[Cuba Libre]

Freeze drying it ???? Cant think of anything that will save the color....

 

[adanac]

me and the old man done a few tails and bills in the past years when we used to still kill billfish on our annual cabo excursion. Not too much you can do to preserve color , sandwich between a few boards and c clamp to prevent warping while drying then spray with ur choice of sealant. Bills were always hung from our dock by some chord for a month or so to let the crabs do the work as they are quite greasy, then bleached and sealed and bobs ur uncle.

 

[bones]

flesh it out
degrease and pickle
card and pin
seal and repaint the colour back in

its going to shrink