Team Sea Level headed out for our first day of fishing the big hammer challenge. unfortunately our fish didn't count this time due to not having the secret item in the pics... and the fact our entry fee made it only an hour before we left and didn't verify we were good to go. 
anyways. i hit up navarre pier and caught two spanish macks (my first) and helped a guy gaff a ray he snagged and he gave it to me. scored a cobia head and grouper carcass as well. bait was made. 8)
hit the beach and set out the cobia head around 400yards at 5pm.
also set out a big chunk of ray about 200yards. soon after dark it went off and hannah was hanging on to the biggest fish of her life. only to come unbuttoned after about 40 seconds...
i cut up the spanish macks and threw them out in the first gut. everything liked them.
got three sharpnose as well
a storm rolled in around 2am and we tried bunkering down only to end up sitting in the cars staring at our rods 80yards away. a few trips back and forth to check on gear and i was hooked up. Landed this guy at 5am
8ft tip to tip. still a juvenile
we'll be giving it our all next weekend. 
That tiger shark is gorgeous! Perfect hook set too!
nice tiger guys
"2017 Team little rock
Never test the depth of the water with both feet"
I DO NOT SWIM IN THE OCEAN
GO BIG OR GO HOME
YOU'RE GOOD TO GO TEAM SEALEVEL AND NICE TIGER BY THE WAY FIRST IN THE 2013 BHC.
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
Thanks guys, i was super stoked, still am. my first Spanish macs, first redfish, first mullet in a cast net and first Tiger all in a matter of 24 hours. I can get used to Florida. 
here's another pic of the red. thats a 36" slot tape
i got this little 6fter last sunday. the 9/0 clicker sounded around 5am but only did a 2-3 second chirp. at 6:30ish I checked my bait and he was on it. must have been sitting on it in the current the whole time. circle hook in the corner of the mouth. also had a gulf coast research tag. the tag was either poorly implanted or the shark was rejecting it because metal base was half way out of the skin and it looked like a pimple. i tugged on the tag and it came right out, replaced it with a NOAA tag.
the leopard shark pose.
