A pink mutton snapper doesn’t give up easily — you feel every headshake on the way up. Once it’s on the boat, the catch becomes the beginning of the cook. Fresh fillets hit the pan with garlic, butter ...

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 ...