This is the first ever BHC West Coast Anglers Meeting.
Date: April 6, 2012
Time:5:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: Venice pier(Sharky's Restaurant)
Address: 1600 Harbor Drive South
Venice, FL. 34285
Next Friday April 6th 2012 we will be at Venice Pier (Sharkys ) for the WEST COAST ANGLERS MEETING .Several SFSC members will be on hand to help sign up teams and to help distribute tournament participant materials.We welcome all interested anglers to attend this meeting/get-togetherit will be a fun event where we can see old friends and meet new ones.
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
1)Team Sign up & new SFSC member sign up
2)Helping new Teams and Anglers with BHC related questions- Outreach Program
3)2012 BHC Rules
4)Understanding the 2012 FWC Shark Regulations
5)SHARK SURVIVAL--Learning the One Minute Release Drill
6)Expected behaviour for the BHC-World Class Catch and Release Tournament Fishing
7)Team and personal safety while fishing the2012 tournament
8)SFSC site participation for the BHC,photobucket picture posting
9)Open discussion for Tourney preparation
10)SFSC T-shirt sales and Tournament sign up
11)Big Shark gear .What has worked for us over the years
More topics to be added within the next few days.
Note: Bring your rods, reels and bait for some after meeting sharking.
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
ill be there
well be there sounds cool
sweet will cant wait to meet everyone there the harnell unlimited will be present too 
Will, count me in.
I think I can make it down.
I think I can make it down.
We are going pay for our Team at the East Coast Anglers meeting on Thursday 4/12/12 .
i got to work but my team will be there to sign us up cant wait team sharkfinatix in the house
Well if the famous JD Hammer is going to make a showing I,ll have to find a way to get there to meet him....Dave
im gonna try to make it. depending on how tired i am from getting bait that day for the weekend.
we dont have a team name nut we have a team
1) joshua strahorn aka juice0425
2) scott greenley
3) jason grimm
4) noe compos
5) daniel thirtle
Well if the famous JD Hammer is going to make a showing I,ll have to find a way to get there to meet him....Dave
I'll see you there Dave, call me when you are on your way.
I will be there!
We had a great turn-out last Friday for the west coast BHC Anglers meeting with a total of 8 Teams showing up to pre Register for the tournament.It was awesome to finally meet so many of you and make new friends, put faces on the site users .The SFSC members that came out to help with the event shows that we are supporting each other and I am very grateful to all of you.JD Hammer,Kim and Mark Resto,Chris Cfronzek,Shannon Bustamante,Dave Murray and Shawn Hilton a BIG THANKS !! It was exciting to see so many young Teams eager to fish the 2012 BHC tourney show up and have a fun.We went thru many topics important to all anglers fishing the Big Hammer Challenge and had a question and answers session which was very productive.Next year we will definetly have this event again because it was A COMPLETE SUCCESS.Thanks to everyone who came out and shared the afternoon with us.
ps,,,,,while we were at the Pavilion someone caught and landed a 6 ft bull at the pier
Here are some of the pictures
Team Hammer Wranglers Andrew Herzog and Mallory joined by Team Total Release's Kyle and Rob
My wife Maggy (Rt)and the very pregant Enoe (Lt)Shannon Bustamante's wife whose help made the Team registration process much easier
Jd Hammer and Shannon ,two very active SFSC members
west coast club pic with the Venice pier in the background as the sun was setting
The plan was to fish after the west coast BHC meeting but mother nature had other ideas and we ended up at the St Pete pier for dinner and later went to the Skyway pier for some windy sharkin without any luck,,,,oh well we had a wonderful time.
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
you guys must have went to skyway that night i went up sat morning and didnt do any good other then a few bonita