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 ...

MIAMI — Saltwater recreational fishing is a big part of Florida's tourist economy. Anglers take more than 40 million saltwater fishing trips each year in Florida in hopes of hooking a grouper, snapper ...

South Florida saltwater anglers have multiple fish-catching options in October. They can fish the fall mullet run from boats, piers and beaches for snook, tarpon, Spanish mackerel, bluefish and jacks.

South Florida's patch reefs, finger channels, flats and creeks can offer phenomenal mutton action, but you need plenty of live chum. George Poveromo Spring triggers major gatherings of spawning-class ...

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 ...