Rene did the pier better then anyone .Here are some of his newspaper appearences.
Rene understood since his early years shark fishing on the south beach pier the media's fascination with sharks and he capitilized on that fascination by calling The Miami Herald or one of the local TV stations like CBS channel 4,or NBC channel 7, everytime he caught a big shark.The newspaper loved to put his stories and pics in print and even sought him out when a problem with a shark attack occured locally.After a few years they knew him well in and around Miami Beach and South Florida as the guy who catches all the sharks at South Beach.
With every nice sized shark Rene de Dios caught he took the oppurtunity to get his story and picture in the newspaper.Rene was going to Miami Dade college to get his Captain's licsense and somehow managed to have his story put in the school newspaper.
With every nice sized shark Rene de Dios caught he took the oppurtunity to get his story and picture in the newspaper.Rene was going to Miami Dade college to get his Captain's licsense and somehow managed to have his story put in the school newspaper.
Rene and Jimbo in the Marathon Jaycees Shark Tournament and the Miami Herald write up
Rene with a 11 foot hammerhead shark on the south beach pier
Rene with one of his first tigers caught at the south beach pier
Rene with a 11 foot hammerhead shark on the south beach pier
Rene and Benny ,hammer and tiger in one shot....not bad.
Rene in one of his earliest appearances in the miami Herald.
More to come soon,,,,,see ya
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
Thanks for sharing, William. Notice that my brother-in-law, JD Hammer came in first with the biggest shark in the '78 Jaycee Tourney. Gotta love the skinny boy with the long hair! 
I remember him when ........