GEAR UP FOR SCUP

ANGLERS MAY BE FACING HIGHER SIZE LIMITS AND A FEDERAL WATERS CLOSURE IN THE YEARS TO COME, BUT FOR NOW PORGY FISHING IS ON FIRE.

By Gerry Bethge

If ever there was a Rodney Dangerfield of fish, it would be the lowly saltwater scup, or porgy. It gets no respect from the bulk of the East’s saltwater anglers. “I tell you what, we sure respect them,” says Capt. Greg Dubrule, who runs the party boat Blackhawk out of Niantic, Conn. “In many regards, they’re our bread-and-butter fish. Yeah, guys come with us to catch striped bass and bluefish, but scup are a must. As of mid-August, we’d caught almost 11,000 of them. What people don’t often talk about is that scup are absolutely outstanding to eat. In the fall, they only get better as they fatten up before winter. They’re just an outstanding fish, and we typically run two trips a day to catch them.” PORGY POINTERS Many consider scup to…

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Game & Fish East (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2024

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