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The fishing was better there, anyway: Trump and his buddies fished all day long, hauling in fluke, weakfish, and porgies, while beachgoers admired the boat from afar.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 18, 2019

I cooked the fish under a hot broiler — a broiler so hot that the cookie sheet that the porgies were on buckled and warped under the unnatural torment of the electric filament.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2019

A hole-in-the-wall fish fry in Harlem where a cranky old man fried up perfect porgies and served them on sliced white bread slathered with tartar and hot sauce.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2017

Four stocks were added to the “overfishing” category: gray triggerfish and greater amberjack from the Gulf of Mexico, and various scups, porgies and wrasses from Puerto Rico.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2015

Fresh porgies, dipped in egg, a little cornmeal and flour, and fried in a big pot of hot grease till they were golden brown and crispy on the edges.

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome