2013 BLACKTIP CHALLENGE OFFICIAL REPORTS

Doing Shannon and JD Hammer the favor of posting his and JD's sharks on this BTC thread.Written and posted originbally by Jimmylevelwind (James Harris).

BTC QUADRUPLE HEADER!!! MONSTER BULLS 8FT+ AND 9FT+ TIGER

Written by Shannon Bustamante
"It was Un real!!!! minutes after Hammer Landed the 366lb tiger, His 16-0 goes off and hes a mile down the beach fighting another big shark, this time a Big 8ft 7 bull. Taking Jimmy Level wind and Johnathin with him, i was left all alone. Sure enough my 14-0 goes off. I set up and its a freight Train bull burning me, Off balance and frustrated on jagged rocks alone in the dark, how could it get worst right? My luck, my 16-0 starts screaming while im already overwhelmed with one big bull, i think to myself..... Your a beast, Your Seaweed, One of the big Khahunas you got dis shiiii BABY!!! So i hold my 14-0 in one hand and nail the drag on my 16-0 in the other hand, let the shark pull tight and i set the hook. Two Bulls going full speed in diffrent direction pulled me right off my feet and head and reel first 5 feet crashing in to the rocks. Gone was my Brand spankin new Iphone 5 in to the water. I layed helpless on my belly holding the bars of both reels as the bulls tried dragging me in, yelling Help....... Help..... Help........... But Jimmy ,Hammer ,and Johnathin were way too far .. So i crawled like a crab into a hole in rocks, stuffed my 14-0 in to a hole on medium drag and brought in 1 bull 8ft3 first, than a Massive Pregnant 8ft 6 Bull. My 8ft 6 was 88 inches to the fork and had a 67 inch girth. What is the estimated weight on HER fellas? All in all it was epic but we got badly beat up, and even 4 men is not enough when fishing for big sharks!!!! we lost an IPHONE 5 $500 Hammers phone $200
Possibly hammers camera $200, and the cherry on top Were all sick and were frozen stiff releasing and reviving all those sharks !!!!!!

Thank you so much Jimmy , you and your wife were of great assistance!!! It was a pleasure"

I'll Post the story later after the tourny.
JD HAMMER WITH 367LB TIGER. 9FT 7 (I think)
JD HAMMER WITH 8FT 7 1/2 BULL 350LBS+
SHANON WITH 8FT 5 BULL 350LB+
SHANON WITH 8FT 3 1/2 350LB+

FREE GAFFED A RAY WE NEEDED BAIT FOR THE 16 0
IT CAUGHT JD HAMMER A 9FT+ TIGER!!!!
IT'S ALL ABOUT HELPING OTHER SHARKERS!!!
SUN WENT DOWN & DORSALS CAME UP!!!!
I DON'T HAVE PICTURES OF THE TIGER IT'S ON JD'S CAMERA!!!
SHANON'S AND JD'S PHONE WENT INTO THE WATER!!!
WE HAD x2 16 0's SCREAMINH AND A 14 0 GOING OFF AT THE SAME TIME!!!

I'M HEADING BACK UP NOW
I'LL HAVE ANOTHER REPORT TONIGHT!!!

Thats Just Awesome... Congrats so far..

Please send all original photos to submissions@blacktipchallenge.com.

Wow! Sorry about the phones, but what a night! Shannon, Rene & your dad would be so proud of you! Hammer & the Phenoms, baby!

THANKS FOR POSTING AND THE RAY THAT CAUGHT THE 9;10 TIGER.

WOW

DAMN GUYS

Sun Sentinel news story:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/osvide ... 5708.story

nice hammer guys

Big bull sharks by team Infinity:

Measurements for this shark were on video courtesy of the cameraman for BlacktipH. Measurements were 100" overall, 87" fork, and 62.5" girth.

Huge bull caught by Fallon. This will be tough to beat for the female division.

Here's Hammer's big tiger...

Full length 9ft 10in

full length tail shot

fork length shot 97inches

fork length tail shot 97inches

girth 55inches

angler pose

Posting this for JD Fagan of Team Hammer N the Phenoms

JD Fagan

Bull Shark

103 inches total
88 inches fork
57 1/2 inch Girth

Another Bull for JD Fagan. This one should count for total only as we did not get the girth or the fork measurements.

JD fagan

Bull Shark
Total length 89 inches

Damn , a lot of big sharks caught! Congrats to all the teams involved so far!

We caught a decent Lemon Thursday night that measured out to 102" overall 83" fork and 46"girth:

Got this pic and then my camera somehow falls out of my pocket and into the water and breaks haha had to use our phones for the rest of the pics:

Got a couple Sandbars too so far:

Not bad for being from Pittsburgh, PA and fishing Ft. Lauderdale I guess haha
It's been real fun so far, good luck to everyone for the remaining 10 hours!