Got a few new pics of the big hammer caught in 2008 from Flagler beach by Danny Ficocello.It weighed 550 lbs two almost 3 hours to land on a Penn Senator 12/0.It was caught on the beach and weighed at the Flagler beach fishing pier.
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when was this caught
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damnnnn when??
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Beautiful hammer... bad they killed it. When was this?
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HUGE!!!
Thats a beast
Thats a beautiful hammer!!! every bit of 12 ft 4 and 550 plus!!!!
looks like i got beat!!!
its cool though!!! thats a beautiful shark!!!
way to go whoever caught it!!!
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NICE!!!!I bet he walked up and down the beach afew times on that guy...Dave m
Beautiful hammer... bad they killed it. When was this?
Impressive catch, would have been more impressive to let it swim and live another day!Just think in a couple of years how big this monster would be roaming our shores and stripping 14/0 's and 16/0's to the hub??? 
he caught it and its his trophy catch!! probably will never get one close to that big agan in his life!!! also i would bet money the shark wouldnt have survived a release!!!
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thats very true a fish that big i dont see living if released either then youd have all kinds of news camers an everything else about this big dead hammer on the beach
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Don't worry Shannon that hammer was caught in 2008 so you still have the biggest caught from land in 2009.
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ohhhhhhhhhhh ok !!!! we still hold the lead fellas!!!
Next year i want some one in the shark club to break a florida record!!!
SFSC -East Coast Events Coordinator
very nice fish
cant hate on the guy
Thats a bigun. I dont think he hurt the hammer population. When the long liners catch hundreds Noone should worry about some landbased shark fishermans trophy catch. Shure i would let it go but i have a big set of hammer jaws and some good pics. Most of the folks that hunt also usually dont have the same bleeding heart that alot of the tag and release fishermen have nowadays. I'm old school and i hunt too but my heart still bleeds for the poor ole things but his fish ant none of my business. Congrats and keep fishin man. Dont let every one elses heart stain ya shirt.
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