The Best Land-Based Shark Fishing In The World-2010 BHC

HARDCORE SHARK FISHING & The Big Hammer Challenge

The Big Hammer Challenge tournament is brought to you by a group of dedicated anglers in a specialized sport who live for the thrill of tangling with the biggest sharks in the world.Again i will state that there is only two reasons we put this tourny together every year,to compete and foremost for the love of the sport. We’re really aware of the monster hammerhead sharks,huge tiger and bull sharks that come in to feed close to our shores this time of the year.therefore it is now that we feel is the best time of the year for this tournament. The world record hammerhead shark was broken several years ago with a 1280 lb hammerhead caught at Boca Grande Pass on a boat after a five hour fight. There are sharks around the inlets, bridges. and beaches that size and bigger but to catch one from land is where the true challenge lies. Many tried few have succeeded. Many of us old timers in the South Florida Shark Club have had 14/0s and 16/0s packed with 130 lb test line stripped of line down to the knot on beaches piers and bridges like Bahia Honda, Seven Miler, Long Key, Channel Two, Channel Five, Indian Key. We hope to see some real hardcore shark hunters step up and show who is up to the challenge.

OUR HISTORY AND THE FUTURE FLORIDA'S SHARK FISHING
Florida has some of the sharkiest waters in the entire world, and the shark fisherman here have been catching impressive sharks from it's shorelines for many decades.The land -based shark fishing history in Florida is as impressive as the tales told by the extraordinary fisherman that have been involved in the sport at one time or another.We believe that if approached and made aware of shark fishing's resurgence in Florida and on the internet in general, many of those shark fisherman would jump on the oppurtunity to once again fish for sharks and participate in the awesome new breed of catch and release shark tournaments hosted on different websites.By quickly learning some basic computer skills these older shark hunters would have the possibility of showcasing there skills,and sharing there shark fishing stories and pictures with the newer generation of avid land based shark fisherman. Many people don't believe it but in the 1960's,70's and 80's land-based shark fishing was in it's heyday , more popular then today, and had many more fisherman involved in the sport.Currently the tide is turning in the opposite direction with the internet bringing back the popularity of our sport the interest in shark The South Florida Shark Club is proud to be involved in it's role of finding and recruiting the shark fisherman of yesteryear and encouraging there participation in the sport once again.Truth be said they paved the way for today's shark fisherman and deserve our respect, encouragement and friendship.