Stout baitcasting or spinning outfits are better suited to the task, however. Cut pieces of fish or squid are preferred baits. All Florida coasts and the Bahamas. Found over inshore grass flats as well as on offshore reefs and patches. Head is more sharply sloped than that of other Porgies.
Color is silvery with blue highlights.
Brownish pattern may be evident in fish caught over dark bottom, but most are light. One of the largest Porgies, it averages a couple of pounds and sometimes more. Very good, if large enough to fillet. Unspectacular but strong. Light spinning and baitcasting outfits, with any sort of cut fish, shrimp or squid.