https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/ South Florida Shark Club | Shark Fishing Forum and History Discussion Board en-US Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:36:30 +0000 wpForo 60 https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38502 Thu, 24 May 2012 08:39:13 +0000 We want to again thank everyone that participated in the 2012 Big Hammer Challenge it was the best turnout ever in the tournaments 6 year history.We had the a Record sized shark 13 foot 3 inch,a Record number of Teams 43 competed and many other records were broken and land-based shark fishing history made by the number of sharks caught from a beach in a single night.My wife Maggy and I worked tirelessly to make it all possible and in the end we are satisfied that the anglers enjoyed a world class tournament and we look forward to doing it again in 2013 BUT for now we are grateful for the time off we've taken in the last 3 days since the awards Party and soon we will send out the Awards to those that did not make it to the party last Sunday.It is disappointing to put so much effort into buying the best trophies and prizes and then having a smaller then expected turnout to help celebrate the winners but tough economic times taht we are in makes it difficult for some that live far away to make the drive.We will be contacting the Teams that need there trophies and prizes shipped to them shortly.Again Thank You very much. ]]> BIG HAMMER CHALLENGE SHARK TOURNAMENT 2007-2017 william https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38502 https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38397 Fri, 18 May 2012 15:46:15 +0000 BIG HAMMER CHALLENGE SHARK TOURNAMENT 2007-2017 seaweed the khahuna https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38397 https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38394 Fri, 18 May 2012 13:27:47 +0000 BIG HAMMER CHALLENGE SHARK TOURNAMENT 2007-2017 billy71 https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38394 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https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38357 Thu, 17 May 2012 08:01:14 +0000 BIG HAMMER CHALLENGE SHARK TOURNAMENT 2007-2017 Sid Fishious https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38357 https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38356 Thu, 17 May 2012 07:26:48 +0000 BIG HAMMER CHALLENGE SHARK TOURNAMENT 2007-2017 GreatWhite https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38356 https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38339 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:36:13 +0000 BIG HAMMER CHALLENGE SHARK TOURNAMENT 2007-2017 SharkOutlet https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38339 https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38330 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:38:08 +0000 BIG HAMMER CHALLENGE SHARK TOURNAMENT 2007-2017 jonathanbryan https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38330 https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38313 Tue, 15 May 2012 19:32:14 +0000 2012 BIG HAMMER CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT WINNERS SHARK MASTER AWARD AWARDED TO THE SHARK HUNTER THAT CATCHES THE MOST SHARKS OVER 7 1/2 FEET LONG DURING THE MONTH LONG BHC TOURNEY(most big sharks) THREE WAY TIE AT 5 SHARKS EACH BROKEN BY MOST TOTAL LENGTH IN FEET AND INCHES Winner Shannon Bustamante (5 sharks) 1st Week 9ft 9in Tiger,2nd Wk 0,3rd Week 0,4th Wk 8ft 3in Hammer,8ft Bull,9ft 3in Tiger and 8ft Bull = 43.5 Total Feet Tim Swaggerty(5 sharks) 1st Wk 8ft 4 in Tiger,9ft 4 in Hammer,2nd Wk 0,3rd Wk 0,4th Wk 8ft 2 Tiger,8 ft 2 in Tiger,8ft 4 in Tiger=42.6 Total Feet JD Hammer(5 sharks)1st Wk 7ft 9 in Bull,9ft 5 inch Hammer,2nd Wk 0,3rd Wk 7ft 10 Tiger,8ft 2 in Lemon,4th Wk 8ft 3 inch Tiger=41.3 Total Feet William Fundora (7 sharks)Placement,Trophy & Prizes Donated. 1st Wk 7ft 8 1/2 inch Tiger,2nd Wk 8ft 4 inch Hammer,8ft 8 inch Hammer, 9ft 7 inch Hammer,8 ft 10 inch Hammer,3rd Wk 0, 4th Wk 7ft 11 inch Tiger,9ft 2 inch Tiger=59.11 Total Feet HAMMER KING AWARD AWARDED TO THE ANGLER CATCHING THE MOST HAMMERHEAD SHARKS. William Fundora Team 'Shark Fever' 4 Hammerhead sharks Total All caught during the Second Week of the BHC tournament.Sizes 8ft 4 inch Hammer on pg 9,8ft 8 inch Hammer on pg 11, 9ft 7 inch Hammer on pg 11,and 8 ft 10 inch Hammer on pg 13. TRIPLE CROWN AWARD NO WINNER IN 2012 AWARDED TO ANY SHARKER WINNING THREE SEPERATE 1ST PLACE CATEGORIES One shark can only count for two categories-- Example Biggest Shark overall, and Biggest Tiger You need a minimum of two winning sharks to win the Triple Crown Trophy. If there are two Triple Crown winners the one with the most overall length of fish and shark combined is determined to be the winner. FIRST PLACE BIGGEST SHARK Winner will recieve Avet 80 Wide reel and custom rod Team: Hammer Wranglers Angler: Rico Diamandi (Junior Angler) Shark: 13' 3" Hammer (Female) Tagged, Dehooked, and swam off strong SECOND PLACE BIGGEST SHARK -Winner will recieve Penn Senator 12/0 JD Fagan 10 ft 10 Hammerhead shark Team Hammer N the Phenoms JD measuring it. 10ft 10inch THIRD PLACE BIGGEST SHARK -Winner will recieve Gold capped shark tooth CJ Badgett of Team Lake Worth Sharkers gets third place shark Award for his 10 ft 9in Tiger . Cj is on to the biggest shark of the night a hard fighting and verfy surf stubborn Tiger 10 ft 9 inches http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af20/sharkhunters3/P1080425.jpgHARD LUCK TROPHY Brett Casto of Team True Blue was spooled on two reels fishing from a pier.There was no stopping this monster shark ,,maybe a Mako,Maybe a Tiger or maybe a BIG HAMMER,,,,we'll never know .Here is the amazing story as told by Team Captain the legendary Ernie Polk. "Team True Blue ended up with 15 sharks that includes 2 hammers, 2 tigers, 1 lemon 3 spinners 5 bulls 2 black tips and 2 sandbars. None of our team took off work. I had 2 days a week off to fish along with the rest of the crew. My days off are weekdays so Tater and John fished the weekends and I fished the weekdays along with Brett and Joey. We deployed close to 175 baits through the tournament. The largest we landed was an 8' bull. As luck would have it our big fish ate the bait connected to our 9/0 . Brett fought the fish for 2 1/2 hours on the 9/0. The 9/0 had 900yds of dimond braid Momoi . I managed to get my 80w tied into the line on the 9/0 just before the mono backing. We put as much drag as we could without the splices breaking. Within 15 minutes the fish had the 80w striped off also. I was in the process of tieing a 16/0 in to it, and the loop knot broke at the end of the rod.Knot Failure!!!! All on count of my over hand loop knot at the bottom of the spool. Braided line is not forgiving on the knots ya tie." Given to the angler who comes closest to catching a MONSTER SHARK then loses it OUTSTANDING CATCHES-HONORABLE MENTION OUTSTANDING ROOKIE SHARKER ANTHONY REED of Team Shark Outlet.com MASTERED THIS 9 ft Lemon on 60 lb test "Next was Anthony ..this was his very first shark....9'0 lemon. That lemon was caught on a 9/0 with 60lb line. it was 9Ft and 4ft 5inches round. 611 was the weight." GARRETT FOSTER OUTSTANDING ROOKIE JUNIOR ANGLER member of Team Northern Invasion "Garrett Foster with his second ever fish, a 6,7 Lemon on a Daiwa 600H w/50# line. This was a cool catch for a # of reasons. Garrett did a great job fighting the fish and I got to coach him a little while he was using his first personal shark rig,one I gave him for his birthday this past year. I caught my first shark on that rig. It was just a cool catch all the way around... I had to shoot a little video. As you can see in the last pic. his dad (Scott) was proud as hell!" OUTSTANDING FEMALE ANGLER ERIN CARTER TEAM TOTAL RELEASE with a 5 ft 7 inch Goliath Grouper 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. Erin playing in the yak. She wants to run baits, but Rob and I wont let her. Yet.. OUTSTANDING FEMALE ANGLER KIM CROWELL part of Team Smokin Senators with a 7 ft 1 inch Bull Shark Team Jurassic's Diana Coupel with her father and daughter proves the family that fishes together stays together ]]> BIG HAMMER CHALLENGE SHARK TOURNAMENT 2007-2017 william https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/big-hammer-challenge-shark-tournament-2007-2017/official-2012-big-hammer-challenge-reports--pics-leaderboard/paged/19/#post-38313