Ever hear of a "Mussel Cracker?"

[Leprechaun]

Take a look at these "super-sized porgies" from South Africa - and the bait to catch them:

 

[DungareeSailor]

That looks like fun. I love me some porgies.

 

[Old Mud]

Scup on steroids.

 

[BennyV]

I always said if you could make porgies the size of bluefish no one would talk about bluefish.

 

[captmike28]

When I was living briefly in south FL in the early 70's there were many forms of Grunt we used to catch in the intercoastal waterway. Some of the locals used to refer to one form as a "Shellcracker" and another was known as a "Stumpknocker".
I don't recall being able to tell the difference between the 2 but I thought the local colloquial names were pretty funny.

 

[Leprechaun]

Benny - I couldn't agree more. If porgies got to the size of large tog, I would never tog fish. . . At 2lbs they're good fighters, at 15lbs they'd be awesome!

 

[cany]

I always said if you could make porgies the size of bluefish no one would talk about bluefish.

Make bluefish the size of Makos shark fishing would be a whole different game

 

[Chinacat]

Very cool

 

[Old Mud]

How about we make Mackerel the size of Bluefin Tuna then....... OH WAIT !!!

 

[CELLFISH]

Great Stuff, I would’ve kept the guts onda hook, gives it a nice scent... C22...

 

[eyeglassjoe]

Benny - I couldn't agree more. If porgies got to the size of large tog, I would never tog fish. . . At 2lbs they're good fighters, at 15lbs they'd be awesome!

Some Florida Jumbo Porgies !!!

 

[BennyV]

Some Florida Jumbo Porgies !!!

Are those jolt head porgies?