Florida Puffers

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hoblob
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Florida Puffers

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Hey guys, I was just in Florida for spring break last week, and did a fair amount of fishing. While i was down by Ft. De Soto, one of the fish I was using for bait came back with a nice smooth notch out of its back, just behind the head. It was about 1/4 to 1/2 in wide and about as deep. I asked one of the guys who was with me, and he said it was a puffer bite. Any idea what kind of puffer it could have been?
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Re: Florida Puffers

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There is quite a number of puffer species native to Florida waters (several Sphoeroides species are quite common). Hard to tell which one it was from a bite... maybe we'd have to ask nearby CSI Miami.
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