Official 2012 Big Hammer Challenge Reports, Pics-Leaderboard

great job fellas

another shark for AMA noe campos with a city pier caught nurse

fight pic

7ft 4in

almost forgot a city pier caught southern ray

angler noe campos

Nice catches through the second week everyone.When the surf is too high where your Team is used to fishing look for the solution on the opposite coast or maybe and inlet or bay.Hopefully we will have nicer weather then what we have had in the south end of the state for the remainder of the tournament.The panhandle is warming up and we have a report from some SFSC members up in that area which will include a hammerhead shark.

TIP OF THE WEEK,,,,crackin open the East Coast

Soon the heavy surf will die down by Thursday or Friday and the east coast beaches from Ft Pierce south have been producing cosecutive multi hammer and tiger nights for those willing to put in the time so take this advise and hit the east coast beaches hard as soon as weather permits if you want to catch striped ones and hammers and maybe take the lead which is currently held by Jd Fagan at 10 ft 10 inch. FULL MOON THIS WEEKEND MEANS THE MONSTER HAMMER AWAITS TO CRUSH THE AVET WIELDING YOUNG WHIPPER SNAPPERS AND THE OLDER STUCK ON SENATORS FISHO'S AS WELL ah it's all so great you just never know when he will appear and another story pops up of the BEAST that smoked the unsuspecting

THE freakin 400 MILE NURSE CURSE

Another worthy effort combined with Jd Hammer we had fresh bonitas and fresh Aj's so we headed west to fish the less turbulent west coast beaches but the final result was less then impressive with one Nurse for me, and one for Jd.He will post his later when he gets back to the east coast.

Angler William Fundora Team 'Shark Fever'

Hey Noe nice catches and from the pier but the nurse sharks only count for Team and individual totals.
7ft 4in

Total Release

Angler - Kyle

7'4" Nurse 80# Bullbuster

Not that it counts, but every catch is practice for the next.

Angler - Erin

5'7" Jew fish

Thanks to Mallory from Hammer Wranglers for helping. It was awsome to see to female anglers working together.

Angler - Rob

5'9" Jew fish


Erin playing in the yak. She wants to run baits, but Rob and I wont let her. Yet...

tipper by momma dukes kimberly crowell


fat lemon by james bois


and a super hefty lemon by my dad joe crowell

also a pretty cool shot we got of james' lemon swimming off

thats a huge lemon

We went last night and caught this nice size lemon from a bridge.

Sorry for the confusion but you have to realize that spot we were in is invaded by mosquitos and makes it difficult to fish and measuring is even more difficult then normal.

Team- Dirty South Shark Hunters

Angler- Joe Clausell

Shark- Lemon

Size- 7'-5"

Big Boy Lemons from Total Release!!!! Joe that's a Nice Lemon and that's one of my favorite spots!!!!! That's where I got my nickname Picua when I was like 11 years old.

thee lemons are from team smokin senators lol and thanks.i also got a decent lemon. had to get the pics sent to me
8' 3" lemon by coty steffanni

Posting from the city pier rite now...team ama has three hammers and one nurse....biggest hammer a 6'7" on spinning class....pics in the morning when I get up...btw all from the pier freaking tourist get in the way

Well I almost hate to make this post ..... Its tourney time and we all miss some big ones during the tourney but I just had to share this. I waited for the perfect time to hit one of my bay spots which means the gulf needs to be super rough, a full moon and super high tide. This particular spot is about 15 miles from any inlet to the gulf and I really don't know why it is usually good to me. Not known for big fish but usually good for numbers. My first run was around 1:30pm on the start of the outgoing tide but the fish dropped the bait. It came back about 15mins later and definitely wasn't stopping this time! When I setup on the fish it threw water everywhere! Amazing! I didn't know what it was. The fish didn't fight that hard just violent head shakes and throwing water the whole way in from about 300yds out. When I got it to the flat is when the fight started and it was intense...I really didn't know what I had until I got the trace in my hand and I was like HUGE bull! Biggest I've ever had on or seen! Well I worked her into the shoreline and grabbed the wire....she was mad! When I felt it was time to tail her she made another violent headshake and out comes the hook!!! I thought this can't be happening!!! Then she threw water everywhere and was off to the deep. I just sat down in the sand and had a moment . This is the 4th BIG fish we have lost of the tourney. We are fishing our hearts out. Bodies are beat up to hell and we are super sleep deprived...But we are not giving up till its over.

We did manage a couple smaller bulls.

Team Jurassic #5
Angler Troy Coupel (4th Fish)
Shark -- Bull 5ft 4in ( a little guy )

Team Jurasic #6
Angler Diana Coupel (2nd Fish)
Shark -- Bull 6ft 5in

Keep the sharks coming and good luck to each team!
LaSharkHunter

Hammer and the Phenomes strike again. Lemmon 8'2 inches ane nurse. JD HAMMER CAUGHT THE FISH.

Nice to see Wills brother George fishing with us like the old days. Like to see more of this.

here are the sharks all caught from the city pier 3 hammers nurse to uploaded asap
all sharks caught at the city pier
angler noe campos with a 6ft 2in hammer

action shot

tail shot

shark #2
angler noe campos
with a 5ft 10in hammer

tail shot

shark #3
angler scott greenly
6ft 7in hammer on spinning tackle finnor ofs9500 with 80lb braid

action shot

full shark

tail shot

SUPER MOON MEANS SUPER HAMMER

It's time to make a dash for the finish line with just over a week left to fish the Big Hammer Challenge.Time to seek out our theory on the full Moon Hammer and make it happen once again.We hope everyone is fishing hard this weekend and looking to hook up with the winning fish of the tourney,,,,the big boy is still out there.

Troy I wish you would of caught that big ole bull we need one over 9 ft 2 inch to break our tourney record.Anna Maria Anglers are tearing up the fish on the Pier Category they look to be the possible winners unless Team lake Worth Sharkkers step up there game plan.Jd Hammer always with the good karma catches sharks when no one else can in the rough stuff w weeds piling up on the lines he makes it look simple.There is a reason James Fuqua is a legend in our sport and once you meet him and observe him in action you know right away he's got that something special,,,,,,thanks for the comments partner.Good luck to everyone heading out to do some weekend shark fishing in the BIG HAMMER CHALLENGE.