Captain William Hauck on the party boat Sea King out of Islamorada reports that nighttime bottom fishing for spawning mangrove snappers is red-hot and should continue through August. Yellowtail and mutton snappers are biting, too. Captain Christopher Gauntlett of the Hurricane out of Haulover Marina reports anglers are easily catching mangrove snapper using cut sardines, squid, ballyhoo and live pilchards. Jorge Padron of Miami had an 8-pound mangrove snapper that ate a silver side bait...

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