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Blackie Reasor's 703 lb Jacksonville pier Hammer

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Back in 1975 the Jacksonville fishing pier had some of the best shark fisherman in Florida.
These guys made some impressive catches from the pier but the one shark that put them in the shark fishing limelight was H.B (Blackie) Reasor's 703 pound,14 foot 4 inch world record hammerhead shark in 1975.Blackie Reasor a skinny 47 year old tough as nails contractor was a fixture on the Jacksonville Fishing pier.Reasor a die hard sharker was at that time a member of the Jacksonville Shark Club a group dedicated to shark fishing from the jacksonville pier.The day Blackie caught his record breaking shark he was competing in a tournament put together by the Florida Shark Club who the previous year had lost the big prize to a guy fishing from the beach ,so this would be the second year they were beaten in there own tournament by a land-based shark fisherman.The huge hammerhead shark took one and half hours to catch on a Penn 16/0 filled with Ande 130 lb test. Blackie was a regular and the most ardent of shark fisherman on the Jacksonville pier spending many nights pursuing sharks on the old wooden pier with man half his age but also bitten by the shark bug.I personally remember the Ande fishing line advertisement in the Florida sportman magazine that showed the picture of Blackie Reasor and his 703 lb World Record hammerhead shark caught from a pier.Back in those days Rene de Dios would show me the ad and say that his 14 foot hammerhead shark was shorter but fatter and heavier then Blackie's.


Blackie Reasor with his 1975 world record Hammerhead shark 14 feet 4 inches long -703 lbs it beat the old world record in 1975 by almost 300 lbs.

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Topic starter Posted : 08/19/2009 12:33 pm
south beach sharker
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I remenber seeing that shark in a ande line ad in the florida sportman mag way bach in the 1980 s

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Posted : 08/27/2009 8:36 am
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I WAS THERE THE DAY BLACKIE CAUGHT THAT SHARK - I WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF PEWEEES SNACK BAR JUST NORTH OF THE PIER ON THE BOARDWALK. I REMEMBER THE COMMOTION AND WENT DOWN AND TOOK A LOOK FOR MYSELF, I THINK ABOUT THAT QUITE OFTEN AND BELIEVE I CAME INTO A PHOTO OF BLACKIE STANDING NEXT TO HIS HAMMERHEAD, THEY WERE SELLING THEM AT THE PIER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WISH I STILL HAD IT. I AM A ADVID FISHERMAN, BUT SEEING HOW I AM IN LOUISVILLE KY, NO SHARKS THIS FAR NORTH INLAND. I GENERALLY FISH FOR CRIDDERS THAT I WOULD EAT, BUT DO A LOT OF CATCH AND RELEASE. NOT TO MANY YEARS AGO I COULD CATCH NICE FRESH WATER FISH IN KENTUCKY, BUT I GENUINELY BELIEVE BETWEEN WELL MEANING CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT AND THE BAD ECONOMY(FOLKS FISHING TO EAT) NICE CATCHES ARE HARDER TO GET. I MISS THOSE YEARS AT PEWEES, I WAS THERE FOR MOST OF SUMMER AND FALL 1975 AND SUMMER 1976. IF ANY OF THE OLD PEWEE'S CREW READS THIS - DROP ME A LINE AT MY WEBSITE.

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Posted : 10/28/2010 10:19 am
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I WAS THERE THE DAY BLACKIE CAUGHT THAT SHARK - I WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF PEWEEES SNACK BAR JUST NORTH OF THE PIER ON THE BOARDWALK. I REMEMBER THE COMMOTION AND WENT DOWN AND TOOK A LOOK FOR MYSELF, I THINK ABOUT THAT QUITE OFTEN AND BELIEVE I CAME INTO A PHOTO OF BLACKIE STANDING NEXT TO HIS HAMMERHEAD, THEY WERE SELLING THEM AT THE PIER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WISH I STILL HAD IT. I AM A ADVID FISHERMAN, BUT SEEING HOW I AM IN LOUISVILLE KY, NO SHARKS THIS FAR NORTH INLAND. I GENERALLY FISH FOR CRIDDERS THAT I WOULD EAT, BUT DO A LOT OF CATCH AND RELEASE. NOT TO MANY YEARS AGO I COULD CATCH NICE FRESH WATER FISH IN KENTUCKY, BUT I GENUINELY BELIEVE BETWEEN WELL MEANING CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT AND THE BAD ECONOMY(FOLKS FISHING TO EAT) NICE CATCHES ARE HARDER TO GET. I MISS THOSE YEARS AT PEWEES, I WAS THERE FOR MOST OF SUMMER AND FALL 1975 AND SUMMER 1976. IF ANY OF THE OLD PEWEE'S CREW READS THIS - DROP ME A LINE AT MY WEBSITE.

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Posted : 10/28/2010 11:41 am
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wow!
I was there too!
I thought about that day, and decided to google "Blackie @ hammerhead", never expecting to find this photo.

Thanks for showing it!

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Posted : 12/28/2012 11:49 pm
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Blackie was my father .

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Posted : 01/27/2015 7:18 pm
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Blackie was my father .

My grandmother is Phillis reasor and my mother is Karen Sprague Miller and Steven reasor is my uncle through Phillis reasor, I don't know you but some of my best memories are fishing with blackie , the best fisherman I've ever known!!

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Posted : 05/14/2017 3:44 am
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Back in 1975 the Jacksonville fishing pier had some of the best shark fisherman in Florida.
These guys made some impressive catches from the pier but the one shark that put them in the shark fishing limelight was H.B (Blackie) Reasor's 703 pound,14 foot 4 inch world record hammerhead shark in 1975.Blackie Reasor a skinny 47 year old tough as nails contractor was a fixture on the Jacksonville Fishing pier.Reasor a die hard sharker was at that time a member of the Jacksonville Shark Club a group dedicated to shark fishing from the jacksonville pier.The day Blackie caught his record breaking shark he was competing in a tournament put together by the Florida Shark Club who the previous year had lost the big prize to a guy fishing from the beach ,so this would be the second year they were beaten in there own tournament by a land-based shark fisherman.The huge hammerhead shark took one and half hours to catch on a Penn 16/0 filled with Ande 130 lb test. Blackie was a regular and the most ardent of shark fisherman on the Jacksonville pier spending many nights pursuing sharks on the old wooden pier with man half his age but also bitten by the shark bug.I personally remember the Ande fishing line advertisement in the Florida sportman magazine that showed the picture of Blackie Reasor and his 703 lb World Record hammerhead shark caught from a pier.Back in those days Rene de Dios would show me the ad and say that his 14 foot hammerhead shark was shorter but fatter and heavier then Blackie's.


Blackie Reasor with his 1975 world record Hammerhead shark 14 feet 4 inches long -703 lbs it beat the old world record in 1975 by almost 300 lbs.

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Posted : 05/19/2021 11:02 am
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Blackie is my step dad. He was a great fisherman and dad
He passed in 2011.

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Posted : 07/14/2021 11:08 am
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Your dad was a great guy. I followed him around on the pier trying to absorb all of the shark fishing knowledge I could get as a 13 yo boy. I recall this day like it was yesterday. I spent many days and nights on that pier and was one of the go to kids that paddled his baits out. He was very adamant about the north east corner of that pier. I was part of the Jacksonville beach shark hunters club and caught several dry large sharks myself. My best friend at the time who I have lost contact with, caught a 12-10” tiger shark one evening. Had it not been for Blackie and a couple other guys on the pier we would have lost that fish.

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