Mutton Snappers, Yellow Tails & Spanish Mackerel At Haulover

I went out today with an old friend I used to go pier fishing with. We went out of Haulover marina bright and early and headed offshore to search for dolphin (mahi-mahi). After venturing out about 6 or 7 miles and not seeing any weedlines, slick lines or birds we decided to just fish the reef.

We must have made the right call because the reef was on fire. We caught several yellow tail snappers and then we’re surprised by a huge mutton snapper! This was exciting as it was the first mutton on my boat and the first for my friend. That mutton was followed by an even bigger mutton and we were pumped. We fished that reef the entire day. We ended up with a couple yellow tail snappers (one of them was a real nice flag), some spanish mackerels and two big fat mutton snappers.