2012 SFSC ANNUAL TOURNAMENT WINNERS (Sharks and Fish)

william · 2012-12-26T15:08:51Z

2012 SFSC ANNUAL TOURNAMENT AWARD WINNERS RENE DE DIOS PERPETUAL TROPHY-Biggest Shark of the Year-MARK RESTO 14 FT 2 IN HAMMERHEAD SHARK (Club Record) MARK'S HAMMERHEAD, SFSC'S BIGGEST SHARK EVER I wasn't thinking of it at the time but this hammerhead was the SUPERBOWL SUNDAY SHARK. I even got yelled at by some friends for not watching the game but it was the least of the thoughts on my mind. I heard from some inside sources that some bull sharks have been around locally... I called up Dan aka Blacktip aka the British guy, we knew it was SUPERBOWL Sunday and figured less people would be around to mess with us. So I looked at the tide charts and planned it out so we headed out with some baits to fish one spot where we met up with Tony aka seawolf and Joe aka sandtiger... joe's 16/0 got picked up by a small bull shark, he set the hook and fought it for a while but the line popped for some reason. That spot had some wake-boarders and jetskiiers so we got tired of it. We left to hit up a marina to check for some baits where we got a kingfish head and a almaco jack carcass. Then we bought some snacks and headed off to spot 2. We deployed baits a short drop with massive rocks but the current was still too strong and our baits swept to the side and into the flats where there was less current. We sat around for about an hour or 2 figuring there were no fish around... the seaweed had my bait floating on the surface and all of the sudden Dan yells look and I turn around and something had bashed the surface a ways out near our baits... simultaneously my rod screams, i pick it up and put it in freespool, give it 20 seconds and did the running man (I only had a kingfish head) , the fish was there and I had my drag set at about 55-65lbs and it started burning me steady but fast as hell, i sat down and tightened up a little more but there was no stopping it. She burned 400 yards then slowed down a little, I figured it was a big bull shark considering the area so I put my hands on the spool to put additional drag and stopped him, it turned and swam in fast and I gained a lot of line but it dumped me back out to the same spot. I needed Dan's assistance strapping in to a waist harness for support. I couldn't gain line power winching so I got up, held the spool, and walked way up the beach and ran back gaining line and did this 2 or 3 times. The shark was getting too close to a curve on the beach so we went back towards it and got the line in a better position and from there it was 100 yards away, I still thought it was a bull shark but then it surfaced and all I saw was a yellowish color so I thought it was a lemon... it surfaced once more and I thought it was a bull. It wasn't until it was 50 yards in the giant sickle fin verified what it was. When it got close I dropped my rod and rushed towards the swivel figuring it was my first hammer I didn't want to lose it.OMG what a fish! We had it beached within an hour of hooking it. The fish weighed too much her girth was huge. Just the 2 of us wasn't enough to get it out of the water. We snapped some pictures with our dying camera, measured it at 170 inches and spent the next hour walking back and forth with HER reviving her did about 10 laps along the beach, we ran into 3 or 4 rays in the process and it came close to biting me when it swung around a few times. But it swam off slow and steady and I was satisfied with the release. MOST SHARKS CAUGHT DURING THE YEAR Joe Clausell with 35 total 1ST PLACE BIGGEST SHARK -MARK RESTO 14 FT 2 IN HAMMERHEAD SHARK(SFSC ALL Time Record) 2ND PLACE BIGGEST SHARK -JD FAGAN 10 FT 10 IN HAMMERHEAD SHARK 3RD PLACE BIGGEST SHARK-BILLI CENTRONE 10 FT 7 IN HAMMERHEAD SHARK BIGGEST SHARK BY A JUNIOR ANGLER-FIRST PLACE-JUAN BIN 8 FT 2 IN BULL SHARK SECOND PLACE BIGGEST SHARK BY A JUNIOR-TYLER PARKER 6FT 1 IN BLACKTIP BIGGEST SHARK PEEWEE DIVISION-ANAIS PERDOMO(Mimi)7ft 8in NURSE SHARK Mimi poses with her dad Joe Clausell BIGGEST SHARK BY A FEMALE ANGLER-FIRST PLACE- Enoe Bustamante 6 ft 11 in BIGGEST SHARK BY A FEMALE ANGLER SECOND PLACE -KIM RUIZ 5 FT 6 IN BLACKTIP PIER CHAMPION-Biggest shark caught from a Pier-ERNIE POLK 9 FOOT 3 INCH DUSKY Ernie Polk the Panhandle shark fishing LEGEND is hooked up BRIDGE CHAMPION-BIGGEST SHARK CAUGHT FROM A BRIDGE-SHANNON BUSTAMANTE 8 FT 6 IN BULL SHARK "Ive caught many big bulls and, this picture is from way up top on the bridge.. She was 350+" BOAT CHAMPION-Biggest Shark caught from a BOAT SHAWN KALLIAN 11 ft plus (est) "At work with a bunch of madness I get a text from big Will J if I was down to head down to the keys that night, told him I get out at 1030 to pack everything and we will head down as soon as I get out. We get there get some rest and we get up early and head out on the boat in search of some bait. We got two stingrays and a cuda and then headed back in to rest and hide from Aprils blazing sun. As evening approaches Will and I are ready to head out for the hunt but our boat captain w...

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