The tournament was a great time with Friends and great food and drinks. Will was grilling up the king fish and making ceviche. The food was excellent. the shark bite turned on about two in the morning with Shannon hooking several large sharks. But with no shark brought in. then Billy hooked up on a couple of shark. One of his sharks got caught on a trap and he could not bring him in. The tide had changed and I had left my big amber jack head out against the tide. the tide was going under the bridge. I got hit and under the bridge he went. I held on to my 16:0 with 200 lb test and pulled him up. We passed him under and walked him down to the sea wall. T hanks to mark and Will for there help. Here are some pics.
Maggy waiting for the great food.
GOOD FRIENDS OUT ON THE BRIDGE.
ME WITH OLD BUCKET MOUTH.
Great time guys!!! Can't wait til next time!! I'll have some pics later on to add!!!!
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sounds fun, nice big boy for JDhammer!!!
monster jewfish hammer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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
I Had a good time with friends on Long Key bridge last weekend.We didn't have the big turnout that we've had in previous years but those that attended to commemorate Rene de Dios enjoyed the comarraderie and shared old stories that keep the memory alive of one of the best land-based shark fishermen to ever fish LONG KEY BRIDGE.We caught 4 Nurse sharks and the big sharks did not make an appearance but Shannon lost a approx 7 foot lemon shark while walking it down the seawall and Billy had an approx 6 foot blacktip get wrapped around a lobster trap .Fishing on the Key West side of the bridge were Luis Iglesias and Jd Hammer's brother Jerry and son Jeramy.Jerry won the Biggest Snapper Category with a 17 inch Mutton Snapper.A big heartfelt thanks to all those who made the effort and joined us.Thank you.
the group poses for a pic
the shish-kabobs are ready
Enoe and Cielo are chowing down
a very rare thing happened we were 'HOOKED UP"on both sides of the bridge
a sunset on Long Key bridge
Shannon gets ready to float out in the current a freshly caught Cuda
Jd Hammer's hooked up
big dog Goliath
classic Jd in the water with the fish reviving and doing a proper release
JD insisted on naming this one "bucketmouth"
back at my place in Key Largo Shannon,his son Dante and I pose for a picture
on the last day Shannon's friend Junior and Pete a south beach old timer showed up and we broke bread and drank to good times
SOUTH FLORIDA SHARK CLUB -President SFSC-Founding Member est 1983 SFSC-Website Administrator BIG HAMMER SHARK TOURNAMENT -Founder Rene Memorial Sharkathon -Founder NMFS Shark Tagger
not a huge turn out, but what a great time we all had!!
Kids had the time of their lives being told ghost stories, flying up and down the bridge on scooter
and catching grunts and snappers all day long!!!
The good shark fishing tide wasn't on our side, we all had to stay up untill 1 am then start floating our baits out.
In return all of us were stumbling out of bed tipsy, and very tired to try battling every shark!! I will tell
you one thing it was freakin hillarious!!
Johnathin Cuerpo Raro !!! was so tired at 7 am that he fell asleep in a tiny chair that had his long legs and knees nearly touching his chin LOL!!!
When we were battling Bucket Mouth and Billys shark wrapped on lobster buoy, we would shout Johnathin Help us, the poor guy was so
Exhausted and knocked out that he would wake up and bobb his head to us and smile!!!! LMFAO!! simmilar to the Cerebral Palsy scene in the
Must see movie Wolf Of Wall Street!!!! Or Identical to"Weekend at Bernies"
Great laughs, and Red Hot fishing!!! WE were catching Cudas left and right!!!
Thanks for our Core group that showed up !!!
For all the others dont miss out next year
Congrats to the old timers & brothers, JD Hammer & Jerry for splitting the pot. You gotta love the fact that these two have been fishing together since they could walk! I'm glad those who could make it enjoyed themselves! 
Great post & Pics!
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Nice fish hammer
Heres some pics i have of the memorial!!!!!
Here is Shannon and JD Hammer and little Dante helping me unload and heading out to the bridge
Hanging out on the bridge and having some good food and good times
Me Enoe and Will's wife Maggie
Shannon and I getting ready to put out the big boys
Will cooking it up!! Was awesome!!!
Nice Full Moon
Shark caught on the buoy had to wait for the tide to change so we could bring it in!! Had to tie the rod up to the bridge so it wouldnt go swimming!!!
Jd Hammer with an early morning jack!! One of many Jacks and Cudas caught!!
Shark caught on the lobster trap!!!!!!!!! I would of won the tourney with that one!! Next time......
Had a great time wish more club members would have came and enjoyed the fun time we had. But hopefully next time. Thanks to Will for cooking some great food and Shannon, Johnathan, Mark, Jd Hammer, Kim, Enoe and Maggie for having good times friday night and awesome stories of the past!!!
Great pic's Billy 
I am sharing some of them on Facebook! 
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BILLY, THANKS FOR POSTING PIC,S.