Pogies

One hand on the wheel, he points to the baitfish called pogies jumping from the water, and to the grassy shallows where redfish longer than a man's arm feast on shrimp. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A few baby pogies flopped on the gravel, among them a few small shrimp. ❋ Rocky Kistner (2010)

Best thing I found is anything that imitates a herring or pogie, even chunked herring and pogies if surf fishing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

An 'we used to go out on the Rock Wall an' catch pogies an 'rock cod. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ling cod action remains spotty but some nice ones are being taken on live flounders and pogies. ❋ Tim Romano (2007)

Nine times out of 10 when he finds gannets, pelicans, or terns diving on bay anchovies, pogies, or threadfin herring, he also finds a school of redfish feasting on the same bait. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Many surf veterans swear by chunks of menhaden (a.k. a. bunker or pogies) fished on the bottom, especially when schools of these big baitfish are closeto the beach. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Buddy Oakes of Hackberry Rod and Gun reported good catches of trout on mullet, shrimp and pogies. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It's death on a wide scale, biblical-type stuff: Millions of spot fish died last week in the Chesapeake Bay; red-winged blackbirds tumbled from the skies by the thousands in Arkansas and Louisiana over the holidays; and tens of thousands of pogies, drum fish, crab and shrimp went belly up last fall in a Louisiana bayou. ❋ Darryl Fears (2011)

Tinker mackerel still are schooling out at Graves Light, and pogies can be found in Quincy ❋ Kevin Blinkoff (2010)

If you use larger bait, such as tinker mackerel or pogies, you might find bigger bass. ❋ Kevin Blinkoff (2010)

For one, I love fall and winter fishing as specks and reds invade the bays and rivers looking to ambush on baitfish like pogies, minnows and shrimp. ❋ Unknown (2010)

With modern technology and some serious environmental consciousness off-shore drilling shouldn't be a problem, but if the Interior's regulatory staff are a bunch of office pogies who've never been on an oil rig they may overlook potential problems while tying the whole operation in miles of useless red tape. ❋ RB (2010)

Mittens: Ski mittens and gloves are almost never actually waterproof, so if I'm going out longer than three hours, I usually take my handlebar mitts (pogies). ❋ Unknown (2008)