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2008 Halloween Hammer-Hunt "Big Shark Bootcamp"

william · 2008-10-29T04:45:40Z

We finally got a nice hammer!!It was bound to happen we've been getting together weekly in the keys and Florida's west coast and actively pursuing the big sharks and it's starting to pay off.You can say we are like special forces unit in training for a particular mission,,,,, getting ready,honing our skills for the 2009 land-based shark fishing tournaments.We are getting back to basics doing what have been sucessfully doing for many years -catching big sharks while working as a Team.I am convinced that by the time April 2009 rolls around we will be a fine tuned shark fishing machine able to out manuever, outwit any shark that comes our way-I hope. Anyway on to the fishng report.The weather man reported a strong cold front due to blow into south Florida by monday night but we were too hyped up after losing last week's big sharks to change our plans so my buddy Julio and i headed out to the 7 mile bridge to meet up with shark club members Jimbo and son Jimmy,Big Will and his wife Irma,and Luis iglesias to spend some time bridge fishing.Luis as usual was the first to arrive at the bridge after leaving his house at 4 am and buying his live shrimp in Islamorada(as usual) at six am he arrives early and starts fishing for regular fish.Lui is a snapper and grouper specialist with his surf rods and his live and cut baits he targets these fish weekly in spots that have taken him years to find and develop techniques to outsmart the bridge dwellers.Lui who fishes the bridges in the keys every week will catch bottom fish along with a wide variety of other fish including huge barracudas, Jacks of all types,mackeral,kingfish,tarpon,cobia,etc,etc you name it Lui has caught it on the bridges at one time or another.My buddy Julio and i are the last to arrive at the bridge and set up basecamp at sundown.The wind is blowing from the north a steady 20 mph hour, the water is murky and lots of seaweed on the surface of the water moving through with the incoming current that had just started.After unloading and setting up our stuff i look around and see so many familiar faces i pronounce to everyone -"tonight we are ready for a big shark,we've got the personnel to handle anything",,,,,,i would later find out just how vital each and every one of us would become. unloading our gear to at the seven mile bridge By now most of guys have there shark baits in the water i've brought along a frozen bonita,a half a jack from last week,and a frozen cuda to use for shark bait.My friend Lui catches two bonnethead sharks back to back the second one three foot long i put out live on my 16/0.On my 14/0 i put out the half jack crevalle.Just like Julio and i Jd hammer and his son Jimmy are using frozen baits brought from home,a big snapper carcass and a snook carcass also from last week.After putting out our shark baits we are getting our bottom fishing rods ready for action when i pass by Jimmy's 12/0 with the snook carcass for bait and it starts screeching out so i grab it and call out for Jimmy to run over and get this shark.He sets up ,the shark is big and starts dumnping half his spool of Ande 125 lb line.We can just watch as this shark is putting this youngster in training through his paces.We gather around him trying to coach him into stopping the big fish but it has to run it's course and tire out.Big fish no doubt out probably 350 yards by now when he feels his line hitting a lobster pot rope.Next thing you know my cousin big Will who is fishing 50b yards away gets a fast hit on his 14/0 and his wife is calling out for someone to come help him out because he's set up and the shark is also like Jimmy taken half the reels line off the spool.Before i take off to help big Will i see Jimbo trying to help Jimmy who's fish is stuck on a lobster trap ,slowly they begin to manuevar to get the shark free from the bouy but Jimmy says he can't put alot of pressure on the fish because he's only got #12 leader material and a short leader,,,,,,,,,i tell myself this big shark stuck on a lobster rope with #12 wire won't last long and sure enough after a short while the wire has kinked off and the shark is gone.Big Will meanwhile is calling out for some water to pour on the 14/0 that is heating up so Lui pours a bottled water on it.The shark is taking off sideways and we follow and the reel continues to lose line .The shark slows and starts to go in the opposite direction down the bridge and we follow and big Will is huffing and puffing but he's staying even with the fish.Then the shark charges and big Will is having to crank the reel as fast as he can to catch up with it ,when he does the shark catches it's second wind and is now blistering the big Penn Senator again; this time the shark takes out another 200 yards and by now Will has less then a half a spool.Slowly and inch by inch the shark is tiring and Will starts to regain his lost line.About an hour later the shark has started to swim towards our left away from the main channel and we follo...

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cudaman

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Great catch.............Like many say and know unfortunately those sharks do fight until exaustion, and those lobster traps do not help at all.

Good luck fishing!

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Posted : 11/03/2008 7:32 pm

sharkmn42

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theres been a few reports of hammers up our way but no one is fishing...been too ruff and weedy....been hearing of hammers all down the coast as well.....mike

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Posted : 11/03/2008 8:11 pm

Fla Shark Hunter

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I am sooooooooooooo pissed i couldnt make this trip!!!!!At least we are going agian for the hammer hunt.

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Posted : 11/04/2008 6:27 pm

JensenKyle

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Beautiful Catch guys.
awesome fish

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Posted : 11/26/2008 1:33 pm

clack clack clack

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sweeeeeet catch man

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