AND ONCE UPON A NORTHERN SCUP(PORGY)

I I did not get a chance to do much fishing for these fish, but pound for pound against the other fish I mentioned, you could not beat the fight these fish gave on a fishing rod. Small porgies are called "sand porgies". You could catch a lot of these in Oyster Bay. I also caught them in Seaford. Better size porgies were found in Peconic Bay. The largest were sea porgies at about 2 plus or better pounds. The best size that I ever found was off of Crane Neck Point outside of Stoney Brook one August. Before the wind came up forcing us to return to harbor, we had caught 4- 4 l/4 pounders. Various species of porgy run along the east coast. The porgy is supposed to be good eating but I never had the opportunity to try them.