Team "Northern Invasion" starting a little slow. Thought we had a monster but found a 7,3 lemon really worked Beachcamper when brought in sideways by the pec fin!!!
This 6,6 Lemon came in for Beachcamper our first night, Saturday:
More to come guys, more to come......
Team Anna Maria Anglers is making a slow start after losing two monster that picked up half cudas. so we headed to some familar grounds we know produce. we arrived around 9 pm. yaked out baits and was set up by 930 thanks to the hobie pedal drive 
..next we put out the spinning rods two finnor 9500 ofs loaded with 65lb pp ....3 memebers down due too me and noe campos was determined to land a fish.1030 it was on the finnor took off noe was hooked up...short fight later we had our first tourney shark not big but a start.... here it is
noe campos from team AMA hooked up
5'4 good job noe
1. team. dirty south shark hunters
2. angler. jose clausell
3. shark type. bull shark
4. size 7 ft 5 inch
"TAKE NOTES EVERYONE THIS IS HOW YOU MEASURE A SHARK"
DIRTY SOUTH SHARK HUNTERS
2012 1st place BLACKTIP CHALLENGE
2011 NO LIMIT TOURNAMENT CHAMPION 2nd year in a row
2010 BHC biggest hammerhead shark on 80 lb test
2010 NO LIMIT TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
2010 BHC 3rd and 5th place biggest shark
2010 april sharker of the month
2009-2010 Rookie of the year
Four Tigers in one night --we did it .Report later .
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
Four Tigers in one night --we did it .Report later .
COME ON- --YOU GOING TO TEASE US LIKE THIS- 
---THAT IS GREAT GREAT NEWS--
LETS SEE THEM ALREADY 
SS
Four Tigers in one night --we did it .Report later .
Got the word. Awesome job guys.
how big will
Went last night to try my luck again and it was a curse night.
1. TEAM - Dirty South Shark Hunters
2. ANGLER- Tony Medina
3. SHARK - Nurse
4. SIZE - 5'-10"
Count's only for angler # or team #
Team "Northern Invasion" reporting in:
Junior Angler, Garrett Foster
Shark, his first BTW, 7,7 Lemon
Angler, Sharker-X
Shark, 7,9 Lemon
Angler, Chris Loveland (Beachcamper)
Shark, 5,10 Bull
More to come, fishing with a new buddy tonight!!!!!
This could get interesting - this is Norman Bateman, one of our forefathers of shark fishing and the man that caught a 13'2" Tiger shark in Texas over 40 years ago !! Great job guys getting Norman on the sand with the old faithful 16/0's loaded with dacron - I hope you guys get a chance to do battle with a good fish while hes with you !! Good Luck Guys !!!!!!!!
Team "Northern Invasion" reporting in:
More to come, fishing with a new buddy tonight!!!!!
Four Tigers in one night --we did it .Report later .
My, my!! Awesome work Gentlemen. Looking forward to the pix/report! 
In any endeavour the brave will usually outshine the meek and the brave can produce results where the meek hesitate and miss the oppurtunity to be great.In land-based shark fishing being brave and smart are a plus that will propel the angler to make awesome catches if he dedicates himself with a certain degree of abandon for everything else.Some call this is obsession,others say it's just mere confidence mixed passion that creates outstanding results, in either case the Big Hammer Challenge brings out the very best in the best land-based shark fishermen in Florida.Any angler in this tournament that wants to win should push themselves learn to embrace the fire of the game .Never let doubt dwell in your mind.Those competing in this tournament should use all resources at there disposal to compete at the highest level and make the biggest catches.Beachcams,local fishing reports ,word of mouth and internet research will benefit those who are willing to travel to catch big sharks.Someone recently mentioned that bridges in the keys break weak shark fishermen unwilling to fight the odds there and who run to beaches to make EASY CATCHES but I completely disagree there is nothing easy about Beach sharking ,,,and hear me out-- ONLY THE BRAVEST OF LAND-BASED SHARK FISHERMEN fish the beaches in good weather and in Bad weather.It is easy to sit on a sleeping bag on a bridge lower your bait and WAIT but it is much harder to brave the surf to catch big sharks.
Brave men will take baits out in 6 foot seas at 3 in the morning because they are committed to give there very best and pushed by there need to win.A man will push himself to face his fears and slay dragons a shark fishermen instinctively look for a fight with the biggest adversary not bully the smallest runts.Push yourselves to find the biggest baddest sharks and you will succeed.Do not compromise with Team mates content to settle for comfort ,,,get uncomftable and make the extraordinary catches DO NOT ACCEPT LESS THEN 100 % from those you call team mates.Some anglers seek the comfort of a smooth sea or backwater bay looking for 8 foot sharks and this is ok if you seek comfort and a small token reward but if you want the big sharks in this tourney look for open water and big shark possibilities.Nothing has been written of cowardly men the brave and well prepared will always succeed at the highest levels.
With only days of BHC competition the bar has been moved to 10 feet 9 inches by a hard fighting Tiger shark caught by Cj of Team Lake Worth Sharkers.Three teams combined forces to brave the mighty surf and tangle with world class sharks.The viking warrior TimmyT has propelled his Team once again in the 2012 BHC and his leadership and bravado stand noted once again.Shannon Bustamante young powerful and a disciple of the legendary Rene de Dios started the night with a 9 ft 9 inch hard fighting Tiger and the rest of the night before the low tide saw three more Tigers caught in rough seas .The magic of the Tigers on the east coast was predicted by a few observant sharkers including myself but no one expected this level of Tiger cooperation which is a Record of sorts for the South florida Shark Club never before had any group of anglers caught four Tigers in one night.this is a wonderful start and this competition will only get better ,Thanks goes to allthe anglers who helped last night in one way or another.
Tiger Shark OneShannon Bustamnte Team 'Hammer n the Phenoms' 9 foot 9 inch
Shannon extremely excited to catch his BHC Tiger
the release
Tiger Shark Two CJ of Team 'Lake Worth Sharkers' 10 foot 9 inch
Cj is on to the biggest shark of the night a hard fighting and verfy surf stubborn Tiger 10 ft 9 inches
Big Dawg Tiger 10 ft 9 ft
Tiger Shark Three William Fundora Team 'Shark Fever'
7 ft 8 1/2 Tiger Shark
the runt on this night is my 7 ft 8 1/2 Tiger
Tiger Shark FourTim Swaggerty Team 'Lake Worth Sharkers' 8 foot 4 inch Tiger
The tail and Belly shot
We had an awesome night but it's time to do it all over again remember this a marathon not a sprint.
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
monster fish right there, congrats.
Great catches guys wish i could get a tiger its one of the few sharks i haven't caught
Yahhh all three teams helped each other with no envy, jealousy , or devious intentions!! It's bigger than winning!!!! Don't get me wrong I want to win, but I'd give a fresh bait to Timmy t or johnathin any day!!!!! Good luck everybody!!!! Let's get it baby!!! Who's knocking cj down tonight???????????? Could it be any hammer!!!!! I need a hammer to win!!!!