It was a foregone conclusion: if you went scup fishing, you caught scup. Back when men fished as much for food as for enjoyment, there was any number of options for fishermen of modest or spartan ...

Scup is a great fish to catch and eat. Pound for pound, they are one of the most ferocious fighting fish in our waters. When you are on a school of scup, the action is fast and furious, just the type ...

The scup, also called the porgy, is a staple groundfish in this area, sought after by thousands of anglers. These easy to catch fish are scrappy fighters for their size and are tasty, especially when ...

Today we are using the Thundermist T-Turn Bait rigs (#3A), and the "Eye-Drops" as our bait, looking for Scup and catching a variety of fish. You can use this technique from shore, from a boat or even ...

The local name “scup” comes from the Narragansett word for the fish – mishcuppauog – that Roger Williams translated as “breame” in his 1643 book, “A Key Into the Language of America,” about the ...