https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/ South Florida Shark Club | Shark Fishing Forum and History Discussion Board en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:31:15 +0000 wpForo 60 https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/anglins-fishing-pier-12--8-quot-hammerhead-shark-april-2014-/ Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:24:18 +0000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmYeiied ... ture=share News Story: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/videogaller ... ht-of-LBTS Pictures: ]]> PIER & BRIDGE CAUGHT MONSTER SHARKS InfinityFishingTeam https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/anglins-fishing-pier-12--8-quot-hammerhead-shark-april-2014-/ https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/pup-sharks-in-venice/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:36:33 +0000 PIER & BRIDGE CAUGHT MONSTER SHARKS adman142 https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/pup-sharks-in-venice/ https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/monstrous-hammer-attacks-a-nurse-shark-on-a-bridge--video-/ Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:13:34 +0000 Thanks to Varune and Shawn for this one of kind video shot recently and brought to you exclusively on this site. WOW!!Is all I can say watching this 13 to 14 foot hammer attack a Nurse ,,,,time to spool two 16/0's with 300 lb test and tie both to one Super rig with a live cuda or ray then just hang on for the runaway train ride.In the current ,between the poles and with the power behind those giant T heads GOOD LUCK to those who think they will get a shot.IT CAN BE DONE -- it was done in 1969 when Robert Mostler fought for 3 hours and caught a 1007 hammer at 3 mile bridge (Florida keys)using a 12/0 packed to the brim with 130 lb test line ,, but then again in 69 there were no power poles and very few lobster traps to contend with. story by 'sharkhunta(Shawn) "My cousin fresh off his fishing hiatus, catching that 8’9 bull earlier in March gave him the SHARK FEVER!!! That Sunday mourning around 11 I get a call from him to go fishing, still at work I told him I would go as soon as I get out … so right after work I head home grab the equipment and he picks me up and to the Keys we are headed. Get down there to our sting ray spot trying to snag them but they are no where to be found, and with the sun going down and we don’t have any equipment for the night we make a last minute effort for bait at the docks were we get a 15lb cuda. So we walk up the bridge and start to set up, with a couple of people around us. So as we are tying our rigs, we hear a splash and the lady next to us screams look at the size of that shark, like she had just saw a ghost, I look over and I see an eagle ray and thought to myself maybe it came close to the surface and the wing stuck out and looked like a shark. A few seconds later she comes over to tell us about the size of the shark and how our reels would not be able to catch it, nodding my head with a smile on my face thinking there is no way there is a shark down there that I wouldn’t be able to stop. We start to float our baits out and we realize that the tide was slacking, and I look to my cousin and tell him I bet on of us gets nailed while floating out; my bait got stuck in front of the piling and was taking forever to go out, so I reeled it up and start to float out again … looking down at my reel not paying much attention I hear my cousin yell IT’S A HAMMER!!! I look up and in-between our two baits you could see the fin closing in, the shark comes in and head straight for my cousins cuda head, I was just about to say he’s gonna pick you up when it made a sharp u-turn comes in and picks up my tail … the hammer banks to the right and I get tangled in my cousin bait, we are quick to untangle and I keep letting it go out even though it had already inhaled the bait on the initial pick up, as soon as it get outside the piling I locked up and nailed, it pulled off about 50 yards of line and then the hooks pulled … with all the excitement we drew a crowd around us, so I look to my cousin and go its your turn … so he starts to float out his head again, and I am not sure what the reason was but he turn his head back and then all of a sudden something was pulling line fast, so he looks over and he has a 7-8 ft nurse on the end of his 14/0, as soon as it was hooked it did dead rolls and wrapped up his wire, so we took the time and let the nurse untangle itself, and then realized we lost our last chance at the hammer … determined at another opportunity we came up with the idea of gaffing the cuda head and pulling it up … so struggling to hit the cuda with out doing any harm to the nurse time start to go back and my cousins like if I take any longer the hammer is going to eat the nurse, I look at him and smile and go yeah right … within about 20 seconds we see the fin again and its coming right at us , and starts to do circles around the nurse …. I had my phone in my pocket and my cousin is yelling at me to record it so I pull out my phone, and that’s when the action picked up … I guess the hammer liked the spotlight because as soon as I started to record he came in and pick up the nurse by the tail, and start to dragging it out … we were excited … it came back to pick up the nurse several times … with all the excitement we didn’t realize the sun was setting and we didn’t have any lights on us, so we decided to call it a night , as we are fixing things to walk back to the car we notice a charter boat under us tarpon fishing, the captain told us there are several of them around and that he ran over a larger black hammer a few days before , so as we walk down the bridge I thought to myself wow that lady was right our reels didn’t stand a chance against that shark off a bridge ". THE VIDEO http://s686.photobucket.com/albums/vv22 ... EO0010.mp4 BIGGEST HAMMERS -including Robert Mostler's here's a link viewtopic.php?f=64&t=193]]> PIER & BRIDGE CAUGHT MONSTER SHARKS william https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/monstrous-hammer-attacks-a-nurse-shark-on-a-bridge--video-/ https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/a-december-to-remember-2010--navarre-pier/ Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:55:17 +0000 This winter has been a fishy one so far and we're itchin for 2011. This red fish I caught was 26.5 lbs A sandbar by me This masive spinner shark was pregnent and was caught by John Catrell. It measured 8'2", I think it broke every record that exists for spinner sharks. Tater was gone to get his delinquent pit bull on the loose when his 16/0 went off. John was the man, the fish took some drag off the ole school 16/0, and put a good fight for a spinner. We had a double header here, mine was 8' even, another masive spinner along with his little buddy. Take a good look at this pictuer, it has Tater Smith, John Caterll, Joey Polk and me. That is a force to be reckoned with, our new team for 2011. Me and Joey ai'nt by ourselves no more, these 2 guys are some of the best pier fishermen ever and they really have there heart in it. The 2011BHC has a nightmare team now that we have John and Tater on board. Another Tiger by me and another spinner by John. And another tiger Here is the freezer full of bonita aftre the few good days me and Joey had this week, one day we caught 30 another day we caught 15. I think the final count was 21 sharks, consisting of 8 small tigers, 9 spinners, 4 sandbars, and a couple of sharpnose sharks.]]> PIER & BRIDGE CAUGHT MONSTER SHARKS e polk https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/a-december-to-remember-2010--navarre-pier/ https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/panama-city-pier-mako-eats-a-prize-ling/ Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:31:41 +0000 PIER & BRIDGE CAUGHT MONSTER SHARKS Team Shark Fever https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/panama-city-pier-mako-eats-a-prize-ling/ https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/rene-jd-and-the-boys-in-march-and-april---the-way-it-was--/ Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:03:58 +0000 March and April have traditionally been months to catch big sharks and months when anything could happen on a Florida keys bridge' or on a boat. Big baits meant big sharks and back in the day we would catch the big tarpon to entice BIG HAMMERS. We don't fish this way anymore but it's part of how things were done.Dead sharks are a thing of the past we now do catch and release and encourage everyone that catches sharks to get involved in NMFS Cooperative shark tagging program .We promote respect,tolerance and harmony among shark fisherman but these pictures are part of shark club history and we will tell the stories and show the pictures of "the way it was". In March and April it's on!!!!Good luck on the monsters. Rene and his daughter Erica getting some hands on training Erica with another daddy caught bull-(circa 1990's) Rene and Kevin Pagan aka "tarbaby" Rene and one of his many catches from Mollases reef excursions(Key Largo) Rene at Mollases on Ernie Blanco's old battle ax boat Mollases reef Rene caught hammer -198o's Rene and the boys with a nice hammer at gaff-1988- Rene on the Islamorada charter boat "Kalex" with Miami Beach high school friend Capt Alex Adler Rene,JD,Nelson and Carlos on Bahia Honda bridge (1983) Rene and Seaweed and baby Erica]]> PIER & BRIDGE CAUGHT MONSTER SHARKS william https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/rene-jd-and-the-boys-in-march-and-april---the-way-it-was--/ https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/boat-assisted-catches-at-the-keys-bridges/ Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:37:02 +0000 In 1990 Eddie Grosso's 12 foot hammer and 200 lb bull.Made possible by a good gaff man and a willing commercial lobster fisherman. The 12 foot hammer. Bahia Honda 1981-70 feet up on the hump and fighting a large Jewfish for over an hour. The Jewfish was gaffed and a boat from the state park marina was found to secure the fish. The large grouper was finally hauled into the vessel. The small boat was very helpful in the capture.Unfortunetly one of the boaters suffered a gash from one of the bridge gaffs as the jewfish was being pulled over the gunwale. The prize on the fish house scale.1981 My buddy Mark Jacobsen and i with the jewfish on the dock.My old Penn 12/0 and Harrington rod in hand. It might be a dangerous way to target the big sharks from the bridges but it might mean finnally catching those 1000 lb plus hammerheads that have been destroying our gear and taking all our line.I think it's worth the risk and i live for the adventure.]]> PIER & BRIDGE CAUGHT MONSTER SHARKS william https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/boat-assisted-catches-at-the-keys-bridges/ https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/jimbo-s-413-lb-south-beach-pier-bull-shark/ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:50:32 +0000 Rene and the rest of the crew were certain to be there every time the news media was there for pictures and the story]]> PIER & BRIDGE CAUGHT MONSTER SHARKS william https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/jimbo-s-413-lb-south-beach-pier-bull-shark/ https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/ernie-s-foul-hooked-big-hammer-from-a-pier/ Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:33:06 +0000 ]]> PIER & BRIDGE CAUGHT MONSTER SHARKS william https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/ernie-s-foul-hooked-big-hammer-from-a-pier/ https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/bahia-honda-and-big-mo-the-story/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:43:52 +0000 ]]> PIER & BRIDGE CAUGHT MONSTER SHARKS william https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/pier-bridge-caught-monster-sharks/bahia-honda-and-big-mo-the-story/