Anyone eat scup?

[JFigliuolo]

To get past the bones, just cut that strip out if filleting. John Skinner actually has a good video on youtube. You wing up with 4 pieces of meat per fish. I bread in Cajun fish fry... makes a decent sandwich.

[FishermanTim]

I heard a rumor that they make great bait for stripers, but that's just an urban legend created by "Scuppers Unlimited" to help bolster their membership numbers...

I've never eaten them myself, but have heard that they're like the "pumpkinseed sunfish" of the ocean: a great bait for big fish but also quite edible when they are big themselves.