My buddies had been hounding me about hitting the beach so we decided on FridaY.WE GOT A late start were on the beach right at sundown and 1 hour later had out the 16/0,the 14/0 and two smaller combos.My all time favorite bait stingray (15 lb slabs) went out on the two big guns and of course the 16 goes out the farthest and is usually rewarded because of the extra distance.My friends Julio,Nick,Kenny,Mike,Chris and i were hanging out drinking our favorite cold beverage, looking at an almost full moon and contemplating what our luck would be that night.Well around 10 pm the 16/0 takes off in a constant steady pull without a bit of hesitation that indicated that the shark on the other end was big enough to swallow the 15 lb slab in one bite.In other words right away i knew i had a big shark on.After setting up i instantly felt the power of a big shark pulling drag and bending my 10 foot gator glass rod.My friends were busy putting on there gloves,getting the tail rope ready, video taping and everyone was commenting on the power of this shark.After putting on my shoulder harness and sitting down on the sand to do battle the strain was so great that the harness clips kept bending and coming off the reel.The shark would take 100 yards and i would retrieve 75 this went on for 45 minutes all the while the beast was heading north and i was having to fight him facing almost completely north on the beach,,,,,,i was't going to chase him and end up a quarter mile north of our base camp.We finaly got him in the wash tail roped him,snapped the pics and quickly released the pregnant female back into the water,she was 8 ft 8 inch and over 400 lbs.
National Geographic has contacted us about doing a story and recreation about the capture of this pregnant hard fighting bull shark I caught last year.The film would be used in there fishing episodes titled "Hooked".The shoot is tentatively scheduled for next week .Looking forward to it.Here is a link to the bull shark video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa72fBlbJb8
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That's cool Will. Good luck during the shoot.
i will be there to give you my support again with what ever you need. Will I am glad that the south florida shark club is being recognized by the national geographic it is about time some one cares 
Thats awesome to hear! Cant wait to see it!
man when you find out what day its on call me up and let me know
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nice will let me know when its guna be on
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congrats will all your hard work to get south florida shark club out there is paying off big time
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Every time i see that show hooked i think "That ant nothin compared to what we do." Its about time. They have finaly found some REAL landbased shark fishermen.
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Great catch, and thats pretty awsome that NatGeo wants to re-live the catch. way to get the sites name out there! oh, and shark fishing too lol
Just got back from Palm Beach after the National Geographic "Hooked" crew filmed the bull shark recreation and did the interviews from 3 pm till 10 pm.Thanks to Mike and Chris (our crew on this shark)for all there support and hard work and thanks to Nadine Laule and Mike for all the great footage and questions that we were able to answer in order to make "HOOKED " a show that everyone around the planet will enjoy.Folks if you don't have a video camera Buy One!!!because now is the moment to film your greatest shark fishing adventures and shed light on this great sport ,get it the recognition and respect it deserves and help turn the tide against the ultra conservationist that want to descredit and wipe out our ability to fish for sharks in a responsible way.Shows like Hooked,Man versus Fish,River Monsters are very popular right now so we are at the magic moment in history to help move forward and up our style of big game fishing.Get involved film your adventures and we will continue to help each and every person who is interested in posting there adventures on this one of a kind shark fishing website.
Thanks to all of you who have encouraged and inspired me in my efforts, our hard work in the face of adversity is starting to produce fruit.Stay tuned for great things to come.
ps Chris lost what I think was big hammer that pulled off 150 yard run tonight while the filming was going on,,,,,,,,it did a donut and cut his 100 lb test line
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
Congrats Will.
Cool Beans! Keep us posted