Snook

Snook is a prized food fish with mild white flesh, often filleted and grilled, baked, or fried. One key step: remove the skin before cooking, because it gives the meat a soapy off-taste.

The common snook, Centropomus undecimalis, lives in the tropical western Atlantic from the Carolinas to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. It favors estuaries, lagoons, and shallow coastal water and often moves into freshwater. It's a popular game fish in Florida.