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 ...

A Sunday morning fishing trip in the Florida Keys ended with a court summons for a Miami man after a local deputy spotted an undersized catch. On April 5, 2026, Islamorada Marine Deputy Nelson Sanchez ...

It should be a decent weekend Saturday and Sunday to fish for whatever you want to target. Offshore, dolphin, mutton snapper, a few cobia and blackfin tuna have been showing up on catch reports.

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 ...