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8 sharks in 22 hours!!!! 6 Bulls, 1 spinner,1 lemon!(2009)

South Beach Seaweed · 2009-10-17T13:30:08Z

Me my wife Sandra,2 year old daughter Brianna and two friends Johnie Fuqua,and johnathin wozar headed out to the keys thursday night at 11pm. We arrived to our destination with a realy good feeling, We had big fresh baits,and the weather was beautiful!!!! We unload all the gear and sandra is the one who gets the head start as she puts out our first bait at around 2am. Right away her sting ray gets nailed,and she is nervous,but very pumped at the same time for her first shark fishing from a bridge. We knew she would do fine because she had two great captains in me and hammer jr (johnie fuqua) coaching her up for 15 minutes before she got hit. ' sounded kinda like this' "Sandra look you can do this!!! heres what you need to do" step1 pick up rod,take it out of gear,and tighten the star while letting shark eat step 2 lock drag and reel tight till you cant reel anymore step 3 with both hands set the hook and let the rod slam to bridge on only the plastic if it has to. Bridge shark fishing is way way harder and very different from beach fishing so we had her ready!!! So back to the story Sandra sets the hook and gets pinned to the bridge with a few short runs,we tell her to pick rod up in the air and reel fast as her shark headed 2 pilings down the bridge,step for step she listened and Booooooooooo yahhh she lands her first shark from bridge a 7 ft lemon!!! so we go back to snapper fishing and before we could cut a chunk of ballywhoo johnnys rod starts screaming la la la la la la la la he sets the hook on his 16/0 and makes quick work out of his 6ft bull. we release it and on the walk back to our camp we heard two reels screaming full speed, my 14/0 and sandras 14/0 which had big moray eels on them. I get to my rod first and set the hook but have to run far to the right to follow him leaving sandra all alone with her shark. I yell to johnny "i got mines go help sandra" and to everyones surprise johnny arrives to sandra sitting on a big 6ft spinner shark straight up and down already beat. She lands her second shark from bridge alone in the dark with no flashlight and no one to coach her up. Johnny ended this night with one more 6ft bull and off we went to long key bridge, sun coming up, and zero sleep. We get to our hole and start nailing big yellow jacks with buck tails. Johnny decides to walk one and it pays off with a cuda. We stay catching yellow jacks and cudas all day long and left loaded with shark bait right before night fall. We return to our secret spot led by 2yr old Brianna and her spot light, hopping in front of our cart full of rods and yelling "shark shark" excited from all the action the night before. Johnny flips out a big cuda head and literally within 2 mins he was on. He sets up and starts getting burned, 3mins into his fight my 14/0 starts screaming and we got a double header at our hands. We walk both sharks to the sea wall, mine being a 5ft bull and johnnys a 7ft 200lb bull. Knees buckling with 30 sum hours without sleep, whiny, snapper fishing Jonathan Wozar couldnt take being left out of the action anymore so he decideds to put out his first shark bait in the last 3yrs and ends up catching a nice 6ft bull and capping off a memorable red hot trip!!!!!! Sandras 7ft lemon Sandra power wenching how hammer jr taught her Johnnys bull taking line Johnny power wenching and shaking the rust from his 4yr absence from bridge fishing! Johnnys 1st bull Shannons 1st bull of the trip! Sandras spinner Jonathan & Johnny with a few of the yellow jacks and a cuda The tag team resurrection of Shannon & Johnny Baby Brianna face to face with 2 bull sharks by her daddy side How many 2 yr olds do you know go 3 days on bridge and not only doesnt complain but has a ball the whole time i mean look at this girl!!! Double header bulls baby!!!!!!!!! Jonathan with his 1st shark in 3 yrs Wow this guy was so scared to take this picture, Brianna has more heart than him! Shannon reviving a bull Picture before reviving it

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South Beach Seaweed

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no kolby not pigeon key/7miler, our spot looks identical toe the rails on 7miler though

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Topic starter Posted : 10/19/2009 12:02 am

941sharker

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GREAT TRIP!!! i love the look on lil bri's face no a worrie in the world
p.s great work san, your comin up fast

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Posted : 10/19/2009 3:20 pm

monoxide

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Great report.The shark fishing is hot there and just in time for next weekend's Halloween Hammer hunt.Nice to see Johnnie Fuqua back on the bridge shark fishing scene.Nice to see Jonathan back in the saddle as well but my favorite shot is Brianna and her pacifier admiring her Daddy and the sharks .

Cost of a full tank of gas for Dodge Ram truck from Miami to the keys,,,,,,,,,about $50
Cost of food,snacks,ice and assorted nesecities ,,,,,,,,,,,about another $50
The look of happiness on Brianna's face ,,,,,,,,,,,,,Priceless!!!!!

where u buyin gas at? my f150 is almost 80 bucks to fill up

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Posted : 10/19/2009 8:31 pm

South Beach Seaweed

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lil haiti baby (sunoco 2.25 a gallon)

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Topic starter Posted : 10/19/2009 10:13 pm

jamesk

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Thats was a awesome trip Congrats hope you have a great weekend

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Posted : 10/20/2009 11:43 am

South Beach Seaweed

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Thank you everyone. The best part is we caught 8 sharks and all 8 were released alive and well, not an easy task from bridge trust me.

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Topic starter Posted : 10/21/2009 9:21 am

pescador1

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little bri is looking at the shark like lemme at emm. she is sure to be a top angler just like mom & dad. congrats on that haul shan. you scored bigtime. D. Fundora

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Posted : 10/22/2009 1:02 am

e polk

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U da bomb Shannon.

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Posted : 10/28/2009 7:24 pm

maddawg

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shannon sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet trip there bud some nice fish

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Posted : 10/30/2009 3:48 pm

Blacktip Hunter

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Very nice, way to go Shannon!!

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Posted : 11/09/2009 12:26 pm

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