Mutton snapper are a popular target on all of South Florida’s patch reefs, but the biggest muttons inhabit the deeper reefs. Nick Honachefsky Anyone who fishes the Florida Keys patch reefs invariably ...

Fishing the reef edge in the Florida Keys leads to one beautiful catch. A pink mutton snapper comes up from deep water. Back at the dock the fish is cleaned and cooked whole. The result is an ...

Anyone who fishes the Florida Keys patch reefs invariably hooks into a prized jewel: the mutton snapper. They are fantastic in the frying pan as well as hefty battlers that put up an arm-wrenching ...