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13-14ft hammer by Landshark fishing-"A dream of a nightmare

Landshark_Fishing · 2014-03-22T02:20:19Z

Every once in a while we are faced with great opportunities and chances to make our fantasies a reality. Well this past week I was able to do just this.... This year has been a hectic one for me between work and upper division college courses the time to fish or even think about those grizzly teeth has been slowly fading as I get older. However that shark fever I was infected with years ago is ever present and has established a permanent residence within me. Slowly i've been gathering bait over the past winter, by hitting up the local marinas and diving for rays off the beach in hopes of having a buffet to offer this spring. Well the bait came pretty easily, but the bites we had fishing were far and few in-between with many nights silent as the clickers on our reels that never made a squeak. This was not looking good for us, but everything changed last week when one more attempt yielded a prize to treasure for years. The link to the video is below as well as at the bottom of the reportThe night started out as usual unloading bricks and kayaks leaving the tourists and snowbirds in a state of dismay. We had paddled baits out one on garrets Avet and the other on my brand new 14/0, keep in mind this is the first time this reel had ever been fished and boy was it blessed. We had a hit on garrets rod and after a couple of drops and pickups he got tight with a nice fat sandbar at the other end. While he was fighting his fish My rod doubles over and then goes slack and after waiting a couple of minutes I leave the rod in the spike, to assist garrett in landing his fish. We land the sandbar, get a couple pics and send her on her way. As I'm looking back at my rod I notice its still slack and so I quickly run over to reel it in and prepare to paddle it out again. As I'm reeling in I notice something didn't feel right as the line got tight in a matter of seconds and line started pouring off the spool. I yell over to Brook and Garrett and tell them that we are hooked up. At this point I'm thinking its not going to be very big and so I lock up the drag and to my surprise line keeps disappearing. I yell "I hope you guys know what this is" and in a frantic state the thoughts of that sickle fin protruding from the water have been embedded in my mind. Garrett swiftly straps me into my harness and it's game on! This is two Alpha predators duking it out in a battle of tug and war. Once we realized it was just the three of us we wanted to make sure everything went flawless when the fish hit the sand and so we called in for reinforcements to ensure a safe and quick revival. Brook called up our buddies Chad, Joey and Ben and they all arrived shortly after. Only 30 minutes had gone by and I was able to recover the 300yds of mono the shark had swept back into his domain and we were finally getting close or so we thought... The shark made another 350 yard run this time with such an aggressive nature I began to worry this fish had just awoken and was hellbound. After about an hour of being in positions only seen in the matrix my strength was wearing thin as every muscle in my body began to convulse. I knew that I had to continue on, because this is what we wait for all year and I had to make sure I fought it till the end. Slowly, inches began to turn into feet and progress was being made as the beast made the notorious side to side runs allowing the angler to retrieve line. I had signaled everyone to get into their positions and for everyone to be on their A game as I wanted this fish to swim away fast and strong. As garret walked towards the black abyss known as the Atlantic his headlamp started reflecting light that made out an image of a very large dorsal fin. We were all very anxious at this point knowing for sure we had a hammer on and of justifiable size. Shortly after we see a massive tail 8 ft behind its tail and start looking at each other placing our dropped jaws back into each others mouthes. The giant did not want to give in and was stubbronly mocking us as it rode the swells just past the sandbar. I knew i had to turn this fish now before it made another run for its money and so I gave it everything I got leaning back, ASS to the mother fucking grass in that harness and winching the fish in. Garrett and Chad made there way into the waist deep trough and secured the dream that I had been waiting for. I ran throwing my 14/0 to the side , walking into a situation I had been envisioning in my head for years and was stunned at the size of this fish. We all grabbed onto the rope and started heaving the fish back into our turf. Amongst the chaos we snapped as many pics as we could while My girlfriend Brook was diligently recording the giant hammer with the go pro. She quickly hoped in a few pics and I began to scream "we need to get the fish back in". After a quick snip of the wire and a glance at the perfectly positioned and yet terrifyingly loose hook, we turned the fish and began dragging it back in. We ...

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ThesanibelOG3

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Congrats Vic awesome fish man, hammer was a beautiful fish

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Posted : 03/26/2014 9:27 pm

seaweed the khahuna

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Wow that's a dream Hammer !! Congrats Victor , fishing against you in tournaments I always told the
Guys about you , your a great shark fisherman!!!

Easily 700 lbs !!!!

What kind of bait were you using?
How long was the battle?

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Posted : 03/27/2014 1:06 am

Landshark_Fishing

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Wow that's a dream Hammer !! Congrats Victor , fishing against you in tournaments I always told the
Guys about you , your a great shark fisherman!!!

Easily 700 lbs !!!!

What kind of bait were you using?
How long was the battle?

Thanks Shannon, 1.5hrs on the best shark bait known to man Amberjack!!!

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Topic starter Posted : 03/28/2014 9:33 am

clack clack clack

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monster fish bro!!!!!!!!

DIRTY SOUTH SHARK HUNTERS
2012 1st place BLACKTIP CHALLENGE
2011 NO LIMIT TOURNAMENT CHAMPION 2nd year in a row
2010 BHC biggest hammerhead shark on 80 lb test
2010 NO LIMIT TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
2010 BHC 3rd and 5th place biggest shark
2010 april sharker of the month
2009-2010 Rookie of the year

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Posted : 03/28/2014 4:21 pm

cmoney7

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Monster hammer unbelievable team work, flawless job handling that monster. made it look easy

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Posted : 03/29/2014 8:36 am

John

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Awesome fish man! Congrats!!

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Posted : 03/31/2014 5:25 pm

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