Long Island porgy & scup fishing

Catch, clean, cook, and actually enjoy porgy fishing.

Beginner-friendly porgy fishing advice based on party boat experience, family meals, and the questions new anglers really ask.

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A cooler full of freshly caught porgies on a boat

Most useful guides

Start with the basics

Beginner

Complete Beginner's Guide

Party boats, bait, rigs, hooks, sinkers, bites, kids, cleaning, and cooking.

Gear

Best Porgy Rig

Why a simple two-hook rig is enough for most beginners.

Whole porgies prepared with lemon and herbs

Eating

What Does Porgy Taste Like?

Why porgy is mild, flaky, sweet, and more underrated than people think.

Original reporting

Inside the Massachusetts scup fishery

Massachusetts DMF

Scup Is One of Massachusetts’ Most-Caught Fish. So Why Is It Still Underrated?

New information provided directly to ScupFish on catch, recruitment, regulations, commercial quota, seafood markets, and why DMF says the fishery is under-valued.

Cooking the catch

From cooler to dinner.

Porgy is not just a beginner fish. It is a useful, mild white fish for whole baked dinners, tacos, nuggets, ceviche, and freezer meals.

Fish tacos Nuggets Whole fish Ceviche

Porgy fish tacos with avocado and tomatoes