How to: Triple Tail Gyotaku & Full Skeleton Mount

I was fortunate enough to catch my personal best Triple Tail in Tampa Bay. 28.5" After building a skull mount for my friends grouper, I decided that it would be cool to try and make an entire skeleton and fish rub (gyotaku). Check it out and let me know what you think. I would be open to doing this for you if you caught an awesome fish and wanted to memorialize it for yourself. Just comment below or find me on Facebook @lightningcapitalliving.
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[@mroldharryd2320]

Great work and thanks for sharing this❤

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

Thank you very much.

[@FishinWitBoogie]

Great job, I've always told my friends the best way to do a mount, is to be very thorough. You did just that. Awsome job. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

Thank you very much

[@brianrubey6517]

Nice work man that turned out great ! Awesome video

[@chrispurdy3176]

That was super cool. Great work!

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

Thank you

[@geoffgroves9009]

Amazing video man! 🔥🤙

[@LukasVansk]

I've never seen a skeleton as incredible as this one, congratulations

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

Thank you very much. It’s still holding strong in my office

[@arthurgreen9149]

That’s freaking awesome!

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

Thank you

[@FreeSpear100]

Pretty work

[@kaushikbiswas6461]

That was awesome

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

Thank you. I’ve done a few more grouper and wahoo skulls since this was posted as well.

[@idahodeerhunter]

That's awesome man. Good job

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

Thank you very much.

[@LazyAnglerFL]

Came out badass! Might have to edit my tripletail gyotaku video and see who done it better 👀. I conceded the mount competition.

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

It wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be, but it took a lot of patience and I learned I need some extra strength peroxide

[@zachdillon275]

Cool stuff man!

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

Thank you very much

[@timothyjones9430]

really nice..

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

Thank you very much

[@tommyb941]

Amazing work! I want one

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

Me too!

[@Hook2Cook]

Well done

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

Thank you they are always fun

[@stuartross5018]

Awesome video.. I’m going to have a go at a large mangrove jack .. I hope I can work out where all the bones go like you did 👌

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

Keep the water warm with dish soap so the oil comes out of the bones. I’ve done about 14 of these now and found the warmer water helps speed up the process by a few weeks

[@BadWarrior-dn2rh]

I’ve done this ❤❤❤ i can smell this situation 😂😂😂

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

It’s not too bad if you do it quick, but that fish bone oil does stink

[@ronniebeam4547]

Nice job man! I used to do alot of taxidermy work. I would use 40% peroxide from the beauty supply place. Just brush it on after the initial cleaning and the meat is off, and set it in the sun for 2-3 hrs. It produces a great white color. You can always air brush it too. Great job though!

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

Thank you for that tip. I did some more research and actually got some after I posted this video.

[@filipemelo-educacaoecienci1416]

Very nice job! Was a species of genus Lobotes?

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

I am not sure what species the triple tail is in

[@bellwethertrucking3650]

If someone were to do this a lot, it would be very beneficial to keep at least one colony of dermestid beetles. They'll make sure there's no meat left on those bones. A lot of bone hobbyists use them.

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

Initially I didn’t think it was worth the investment since I only get to do one of these every couple of months. If things pick up and I start doing one a month I 100% agree they would be well worth it versus all the soaking I’ve had to do to get everything clean.

[@Ivory_taxidermy7910]

Beautiful work Would it be ok if you paint it all white ?

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

I think it would be fine but you would lose the bone detail. It’s been almost a year and it is still very white

[@apocalimp2401]

what paper did you use for your ink printing please?

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

I ordered some rice paper off Amazon

[@Ithinkimaman666]

If your wife watches the video then just point to your dog taking a dump. Lol I can’t believe nobody else saw that. Sorry just had to point it out cause it’s hilarious.

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

😂😂😂

[@opuntina]

The taxidermy groups talk about better chemicals to use to draw the oil out. It's used in blueprints. ammonia hydroxide.

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

Thank you for that. I’ve had some fish be much more of a challenge than others. Currently working on a blue marlin bill from hawaii but that’s been pretty easy so far since it’s solid bone

[@opuntina]

@@LightningCapitalLiving Nice. I am looking to do a euro mount of a black bear I took last fall and they are notoriously greasy so that's how I found that info. That marlin bill should be pretty cool when done.

[@jackbower7732]

Hey mate, I'm interested in doing a print, what kind of paper did you use, looks very thin?

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

It’s a rice paper. Just type in gyotaku paper on Amazon and it will pop up

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

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[@jackbower7732]

Cheers mate, I appreciate the response 👍

[@jackbower7732]

I'm also doing a snapper head, I'm trying to get the oils out at the moment, whet percent hidrogen peroxide did you use?

[@LightningCapitalLiving]

@@jackbower7732 let it soak in Dawn soap until they’re almost off white and let that oil release. You can then use 12% hydrogen peroxide for 24 hrs and it should be white