A reader
asked a couple questions in the comments spot on my last blog post. The
questions were “Are scup still around and where are some places to fish for
them?”
Let me start
by saying I am far from an expert on scup fishing. I only fish for them a
couple times a year.
For the
first question, whether scup are still around, the short answer is I don’t
know. The longer answer is I checked fishing reports from The Fisherman Magazine
and www.onthewater.com. I couldn’t find much of anything about scup from shore. A
few of the charter boats and headboats were catching scup last week. With the
really cold nights, I don’t know if fishing will slow or not. My advice is to
call a tackle shop near where you fish and ask if scup are still biting.
As for where
to catch them, I can be more help. I saltwater fish in Rhode Island almost
exclusively. Scup seem to be everywhere.
Some of the more famous places are the East Wall and West Wall. A lot of people fish for them
in Narragansett. Besides the East Wall, the avenues can be good hot spots. I
personally saw a bunch of scup caught at Black Point last month. Watch Hill
will cost you a lot of terminal tackle, but scup are there.
In
Narragansett Bay, places like Rocky Point in Warwick and Colt State Park in
Bristol are popular. A couple weeks ago some teenagers had half a bucket full
of scup at the Barrington River Bridge along the East Bay bikepath. One place I
have done well is under the Mount Hope Bridge in Bristol. One day I’d have a
fish on before it hit the bottom. I have also seen scup caught from the
Conimicut Point Beach, but that spot can be crowded.
I don’t
saltwater fish in Massachusetts very much. The only spot I know produces
regularly is the west end of the Cape Cod Canal. I’ve seen a lot of scup caught
at the Maritime Academy.
I hope this
helps. Scup seem to be everywhere when they are “in season”. I just don’t know
for sure if they are still around, good luck. Sorry I didn't get this out before the start of the weekend.
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