Great tourney, I was glade to be a part of it and look forward to next year.
Congrats to all the winners lots of teams fished there ass off and it showed. Not many fisherman can spend the amount hardcore time on the sand it takes.
Will... The amount of fishing you and your team did was phenomenal and hardcore.
Big props to Rico and Nino coming out on top with a dream Hammer. It was very nice meeting you both and sharing the sand with ya for a night.
Going back thru the pages and pages of fish is pretty damn awesome, unbelievable on how many fish where caught.... CRAZY
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First off I want to thank Willy, his Wife and everyone involved in putting this Tourney together. You guys did a great job and I'm sure all us Anglers appreciate it. Big props to all the teams that competed in this Tourney. Great Job by our friends The Lake Worth Sharkers, Shark Fever & Dirty South. Great job by Team Jurassic, Cluster F&$k, Hammer Wranglers and all who participated. Special thanks to My Teammates, JD Hammer, Shannon, JD Fagan and Jimmy. You guys are awesome and it was a blast communicating with everyone in the wee hours of the morning to see what we caught. Although i fished really hard I slumped most of the Tourney but I got hot at the end and was able to contribute a few catches. I certainly had a lot of laughs and great memories. Like JD Hammer says " see you at the weigh in ". LOL
Will and everyone in your family (true family and fisherman) that helped organize this tournament, THANK YOU! Although I didn't hook the monster that I looked for the entire month the pure month long adrenaline rush of hunting for that monster is one of a kind. Despite the harsh weather (windy, rainy, extremely hot), time spent with family and friends is unprecedented. I feel I have learned more about shark fishing while fishing this tournament (2011/2012) than any other time in my life, and for that Thank you. Awesome work to ALL the TEAMS competing and I hope to see you all next year!
P.S Although the tournament is over, I will not give up looking for that 14ft plus Hammer! 
Team HUGE Gear Captain
"GET SOME!"
For anyone that does not understand the work that goes into these shark tournaments I will tell you now. I got up this morning at 6:30 am to count the last week's sharks and total up everything and was not finished at 3:15 when I had to go to one of our sponsors to collect Prizes for Sundays BHC Awards party.My wife Maggy worked until 6 pm nonstop preparing the graph and now I will spend a few more hours tabulating the winners in the many Categories.I'm sure glad I love this sport and have the financial means and time to dedicate to it and to this wonderful tournament.I am saddened by what happened to the disqualified sharks as I am when there is any sort of contreversy in our Tournament.
In the future maybe we will set a maximum of sharks to be posted at one time to avoid double postings,,,,maybe Teams should better prepare there computer skills before competing to avoid having someone that is not an angler in the tournament post there sharks for them.In life being prepared is essential and in this tournament it is also.Another problem which we had including my Team was getting accurate measurements when short handed ----it's almost impossible.TEAMS SHOULD NOT FISH WITH LESS THEN THREE ANGLERS PRESENT.
I know that sometimes it is impossible and you just have to go with who you have and thats OK but be ready to make mistakes and have your pictures come out less then desirable.Such was the case of the supposed 7 ft 3 inch Goliath caught by Team Tightlinez which are personal friends of mine ,the angler at the mouth of the Goliath overextended his hand too far about 4 inches and got a measurement of 7 ft 3 inch wihout noticing his mistake .The Grouper was actually about 4 inches shorter making it a Tie with Team Total Release's 6ft 11 inch Goliath caught on the west coast.These mistakes and us having to deal with them takes the fun out of the tournament,,sometimes we have to make very tough decisions and not everyone will agree with them but we cannot make everyone happy.We work hard to be impartial and sometimes personal friends heads roll, but I cannot be responsible for there mistakes.
Mt wife makes this tournament possible it is not me alone ,,,no way!!Again this year I will say that my wife who has Lupus and puts up with me and works as dillengently as I do to make this tournament a reality ,,,if anything ever happens to her and I don't have her next to me to help me with the tournament I could never do this without her.My better half is Maggy and the BHC is as much part of me as it is her because of all the hours of hard work that she dedicates to it ,,,never asking for anything in return --that my friend is the meaning of TRUE LOVE.Thank you my love.
Thank you all for for fishing in the world's best shark tournament ,,,,when I am gone this may be one of the good things I am remembered for.
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
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
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Cj is on to the biggest shark of the night a hard fighting and verfy surf stubborn Tiger 10 ft 9 inches
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FOURTH PLACE BIGGEST SHARK -Trophy and a prize.
Billi Centrone of Team SHARK FEVER gets the Fourth place Biggest Shark Award
Angler- Billy Centrone
Team-Shark Fever
Species- Hammerhead Shark
Length- 10ft 7inches
FIFTH PLACE BIGGEST SHARK -Trophy and a prize
Shannon Bustamante of Team Hammer N the Phenoms takes the 5th Place trophy with his 9ft 9 inch Tiger Shark
Shannon extremely excited to catch his first BHC Tiger
BIGGEST OF SPECIES ( 
BIG BOYZ )
Biggest Hammerhead Shark Award – Winner will receive 9/0 and rod
Rico Diamandi- Team Hammer Wranglers 13 foot 3 inch Hammer
Biggest Bull Shark Award
Winner will recieve fighting harness and Gimbal belt.
8 foot 8 1/2 inches Mark Duncan TEAM CLUSTER 
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Biggest Tiger Shark Award Winner will recieve fighting harness and Gimbal belt.
10 foot 9 inches Tiger shark caught CJ Badgett Team Lake Worth Sharkers
Biggest Lemon Shark Award Winner will recieve a Gimbal belt
9 foot 3 1/2 inch Lemon shark caught Joe Crowell of Team Smokin Senators
TEAM CHAMPIONS 
BAD BOYZ
CHAMPION TEAM -FIRST PLACE-Most Sharks caught by a Team 1st PLACE- Trophy and Prizes
TEAM CLUSTERF$#@ FIRST PLACE MOST SHARKS CAUGHT 33 SHARKS
Mark Duncan,Mark Conner and Tom Sneed Team Cluster Part 1
PART 2 of our team consisted of Mark Conner, Matt Fikac, and Lance Ewing
CHAMPION TEAM -SECOND PLACE- Most Sharks caught by a Team 2nd PLACE- Trophy and Prizes
TEAM HAMMER N THE PHENOMS SECOND PLACE MOST SHARKS CAUGHT- 29 SHARKS
Shannon Bustamante a solid hardcore part of Team Hammer n the Phenoms
FATHER & SON DYNAMIC DUO ,the SHARKFATHER 
James Fuqua aka JD Hammer and son Jimmy Dean Fuqua
Luis Cordova an intregal part of the new Team Hammer n the Phenoms
Jd Fagan a Florida based shark fishermen and part of Hammer N the Phenoms who got started in Texas but says he ai'nt going back
CHAMPION TEAM -THIRD PLACE- Most Sharks caught by a Team 3rd PLACE- Trophy and Prizes
TEAM MISFITS THIRD PLACE MOST SHARKS CAUGHT 26
Despite the the confusion surrounding the total number of sharks caught by these young west coast backwater sharkers it in undeniable they caught a whole mess of sharks and no shark crazed fumbling girlfriend can take away the Victory they deserve,,,,,Congratulations young men on your Victory.
Team Captain Austin Coryea (left) Scott Ogden (right)and Lance Alberry (not shown) were the backwater shark catching Champs of the 2012 BIG HAMMER CHALLENGE
Scott Ogden and Lance Alberry
LINE CLASS CHAMPIONS AND SPINNING DIVISION CHAMPION
1)BIGGEST SHARK CAUGHT ON 80 lb TEST LINE- Winner will recieve Surf rod w Reel
Tim Swaggerty wins with an 8 foot 2 inch Tiger fishing Old Skool style Dacron 80 lb line on a 12/0
2)BIGGEST SHARK CAUGHT ON 50 lb test line-Trophy and Prizes
Eddy Espinosa wins with a 8 foot 5 inch Hammerhead caught on a 9/0 that was trashed during the fight
Eddy's 8"5 hammer head caught on 50lbs line classon a 9/0
3)BIGGEST SHARK CAUGHT ON SPINNING TACKLE-winner recieve Surf rod w Reel
Scott Greenly of Team Anna Maria Anglers takes the Spinning Division with an Outstanding Pier caught 6 foot 7in Hammerhead shark using a Finnor ofs/9500 spinning reel loaded with 80lb braid
action shot
FIRST PLACE BIGGEST GOLIATH GROUPER
BIGGEST GOLIATH GROUPER- TIE at 6 ft 11 inches Rob Middleton(Team Total Release) & Adam Ordonez (Team Tightlinez)
Angler - Rob Middleton of Team Total Releasen with his west coast MONSTER GOLIATH GROUPER
6'11" Jew fish caught on 80# Bullbuster
Wallace Lea of Team Tightlinez with his MASSIVE GOLIATH GROUPER
Second Place BIGGEST GOLIATH GROUPER
Adam Ordonez Team Tightlinez 6 foot '6 inch Goliath Grouper
Third Place BIGGEST GOLIATH GROUPER
Caleb Hamilton of Team Hot Reelz with his 3rd PLACE GOLIATH GROUPER
6 foot 1 inch goliath #1
BIGGEST NON SHARK CATEGORY other then Goliath Grouper-Rays,Tarpon,Barracuda,Smoker Kingfish,Sawfish etc,etc,etc
Anna Maria city pier caught 3 ft 3 in southern ray by angler Noe Campos TEAM ANNA MARIA ANGLERS
BEACH,PIER,BRIDGE & JETTY CHAMPIONS
BEACH CHAMPION
BEACH CHAMPIONS once again Rico Diamandi and Team Hammer Wranglers pull it off again in a big way in 2012 with a BHC Record sized HAMMERHEAD SHARK measuring 13 ft 3 inches
RICO'S WINNING HAMMERHEAD 13 FT 3 INCHES IN 2012
RICO'S WINNING HAMMERHEAD 12 FT 10 INCHES IN 2011
Rico Diamandi 12 ft 10 inch Hammerhead shark TEAM HAMMER WRANGLERS ** Big Hammer Challenge Record in 2011
Rico's story of the Monster 13 foot 3 inch Hammerhead he caught
"Hey everybody this is Rico from the Hammer Wranglers. Sorry, couldn't get online earlier i've been having troubles with my computer. On the night of the giant HammerHead, after finally getting baits out i heard the first few clicks. After setting hook and a blistering run the line goes slack 
. I thought the fish was gone for sure. Frantically reeling in i feel the fish fighting back. Relieved that I didn't lose it the fight continues on for what seemed like forever and as the leader came out of the water and as Nino and Andrew grab it they fought to hold on to it. The fish pulled away from us and fought for another while. I could see now losing the fish and just having been so close to it to be able to touch it. Fatigue was setting in and it was either me catch this fish now or fight it all night. As i lock down the drag for my final hope to land this fish we see the fin yet again.
As the fish came closer Andrew cautiously slipped the tail rope on the fish. WE DID IT! 
With all 3 of us tugging as hard as we can we barely could move this fish.
Guessing the fish was 12'3" we were all amazed to find out that it was 13'3" after tagging and releasing the fish i was so tired it felt like my legs were going to fall off.
I really want to say some special thanks to Nino, Andrew, Mallory, and Austin (My Team)
And I also want to thank all the other teams for working so hard and catching so many fish to drive me to get out on that beach every night. You all have done such an amazing job this year.
Special thanks to Will Fundora for bringing us all together every year for the Best shark tournament in all of Florida. Tourneys not even over yet and already looking forward to next year."
Pier Champion-Individual Angler catching the BIGGEST shark caught from a pier. Trophy and Prizes
Scott Greenly is the individual Pier Champion BUT he is part of a Team of PIER CHAMPIONS "Team Anna Maria Anglers"
Anna Maria Pier in the background these sharkers caught more sharks from a pier then any other team
angler Noe Campos with a 6ft 2in hammer
action shot
angler Noe Campos
with a 5ft 10in hammer
Bridge Champion -Individual Angler catching the BIGGEST shark caught from a bridge. Trophy and Prizes
BIGGEST SHARK CAUGHT FROM A BRIDGE goes to hard working Joe Clausell of Team Dirty South Shark Hunters with a 7 ft 5 inch Lemon shark.
Jetty Champion-Individual Angler catching the BIGGEST shark from a jetty
BIGGEST SHARK CAUGHT FROM A JETTY NOE CAMPOS of Team Anna Maria Anglers wins with this 6 ft 8 1/2 inch sandbar shark.Congratulations to Noe and Team Anna Maria Anglers
FEMALE ANGLERS
FIRST PLACE BIGGEST SHARK CAUGHT BY A FEMALE - Surf rod and reel combo.
FIRST PLACE GOES TO Christina Loveless of Team Shark Addictz with her 8 ft 7 15/16 Lemon shark
upon closer look at the pic of the tape it is 8' 7" and 15/16
SECOND PLACE BIGGEST SHARK CAUGHT BY A FEMALE - Trophy
Angler Diana Coupel wife of Troy Coupel of Team Jurassic wins SECOND PLACE BIGGEST SHARK CAUGHT BY A FEMALE
Shark -- Bull 7ft 7in (Original measurement was 7ft 9in but for some reason we have 7ft 7in in the pic 
so officially 7ft 7in)
THE JUNIORS
FIRST PLACE BIGGEST SHARK CAUGHT BY A JUNIOR ANGLER - Surf rod and reel combo.(any angler less then 18 years old)
FIRST PLACE BIGGEST BY A JUNIOR RICO DIAMANDI 13 FT 3 IN HAMMERHEAD SHARK
SECOND PLACE BIGGEST SHARK CAUGHT BY a Junior Angler
Austin Maturo of Team Hammer Wranglers takes Second place by a Junior with an 8 ft 3 in Lemon shark
color=#FF0000]HARD 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
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
this year Rico's hammer is bigger by 5 inch...big shark swims around that area
"I am the new Shark Slayer in town"
Man this is so cool to see everybody pumped for the tournament like this.
Will i cant thank you enough for doing what you and your wife do for us. I know there is alot or work involved.
Awesome. enjoyed every bit of this tourney. good job to those that participated, even better job well done by the guys and gals that made it posssible.
Thanks for having us Will.
fantastic job! sure would love to be apart of it next year.
Will congrats on putting together the most participated land based shark fishing tournament in history! Congrats to all those who fished hard and to all the winners!
"He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction" (Proverbs 13:3).
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Congrats to all the winners and to all the teams that fished the tournement. Thanks Will and thanks to your wife to for putting in the time and energy to make the BHC what it is each year. Enjoyed seeing everyones catches and looking forward to next year.
Just want to say thanks to Will and his wife for putting on such a great tournament. Looking forward to doing it again next year. Thank You
2012 BTC 2nd Place Largest Shark
2012 January Sharker of The Month
2012 BHC 4th Place Largest Shark
2014 February Sharker of The Month
Thank you Will i fished my hardest for my team, our tournament, and for Old Man Hammer and Rene looking Down!!! i look forward to a lifetime in this shark club, and watching my son Dante fish this same tournament in 15 years!!!!
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.
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