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Daily fishing report
By BILL HARDMAN
Published June 18, 2005
As the water warms, fish move to their summer haunts. The grouper have moved to deeper water, and the legal-sized amberjacks followed. The mangrove snapper still are plentiful on the wrecks in most depths. The bigger snappers are on the deeper wrecks.
The middle grounds seem to be the hot spot for spearfishing. Depths there exceed the maximum recommended of 100 feet. Most are 120-130 feet, so a bailout bottle or pony bottle with a backup regulator is a must. Diving in depths deeper than 100 feet, I've had to use a backup system a couple of times.
There are many ways to rig up a backup system. Go to a dive shop that specializes in spearfishing and get their advice. Some setups are not rugged enough for spearfishing. Safety, not convenience, always should be the No.1 consideration.
One of Florida's oldest spearfishing tournaments, the 42nd Southern Open, is June25. For details, call John Schmidt at (727) 403-6281.
Bill Hardman teaches scuba, spearfishing and free diving through Aquatic Obsessions Scuba in St. Petersburg. Call (727) 344-3483.
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