Very closely related is also the American scup or fair maid (Stenotomus chrysops), one of our commonest pan fishes.
The scup is usually taken by hand-line and clam bait on the fishing banks from the excursion steamers; but fishing from small boats anchored over the shoals, with suitable tackle, is more sportsmanlike.
A small multiplying reel is not essential, though it is an advantage in accommodating the line to different depths; and then a larger fish than the scup may be hooked.
The scupappears along the shores of the East Coast about the first of May, sometimes earlier, and continues until late in the fall, when it retires to its winter quarters in the depths of the sea.
The names scup and porgy are derived from the Indian name scuppaug.
What'll you give me if I'll make you a scup one of these days?
We were not all ignorant country bumpkins at Scup Harbor, and we were not all poor.
I had seen plenty of city people at Scup Haven, and my few dresses, I fancied, would pass muster anywhere.
He was now on his way to Lenox, and agreed to stop at the spot which Mr. Stillman indicated, and if he could find the camera express it to Mr. Stillman at Scup Harbor.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scup" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
