When George Poveromo goes fishing, he doesn't fool around. Entering precise coordinates into the computerized navigation system of his 26-ft. sport- fishing boat, the Miami-based writer speeds directly toward a favorite haunt, a stretch of the Atlantic three miles southeast of Fort Lauderdale. When the computer beeps to tell him he is approaching the spot, Poveromo flicks on a bread-box-size electronic instrument, his "fish finder." By sending sound waves into the water, the machine, operating much like a radar device, probes for objects beneath the surface. The findings are recorded by a stylus that moves across a rotating paper drum. At...
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