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I just thought you might like to know that your electronics have played a big part in the last four years of spearfishing successes in the
St. Pete Open, the "World’s Largest Spearfishing Tournament." In late 1998, most of the boats in the Tampa Bay area were still using Loran
because it's quite good here. Many still have not made the change to GPS. I had been keeping my eye on DGPS developments and when your
GPSMAP 215 hit the market, I pounced on it.
In 1999, we took first-place amberjack and first-place hogfish. The DGPS pinpoint accuracy was paramount to finding the small holes and
caves that we dove in the relatively deep waters of 175 feet. 2000 brought first- and third-place groupers at 86.7 pounds and 81.6 pounds,
and second-place snapper. In 2001, we took first grouper again, at 67 pounds taken in 192 feet of water. We also had the second-largest
hogfish ever turned in. In 2002, we won first-place grouper for the third year in a row, and took third-place amberjack in the Alabama Open.
I started running exclusive spearfishing charters in 2001 and have added a Garmin GPSMAP 76 handheld and a VHF 720 radio to the boat
this year. I recently had a failure with a bottom finder by another brand, so I picked up an inexpensive back-up recorder, your dual-fre-
quency Fishfinder 240 Blue. It reads better than its expensive predecessor does!
Capt. Chad, Spear Big Fish Charters
Fishfinder 240, GPSMAP 215, GPSMAP 76, VHF 720
Spearing the big ones
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