In years gone by we have on occasion been lucky to find local boaters to lend us a hand in capturing some of the big specimens but nothing can compare to having a boat ready to go on a moments notice.
Here are some examples of boat assisted captures:
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.
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
you got to fish where the fish are if that means you need a boats help more power to you