Deep & reef (jigging)
Common seabream / Red porgy
Pargo · Pagrus pagrus
Pink-red sea bream, blue spotting on young fish, a steep head. (Ponta do Pargo — "porgy point" — is named for it.)
Best months
Sep–Feb
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F
M
A
M
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S
O
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D
Legal minimum size
20 cm
Portaria 484/2016/M (Anexo II)
Habitat
Reef and rough ground, moderate to deep (Ponta do Pargo, Desertas, Ilhéu Chão).
Method
Bottom fishing on Carolina/ledger rigs; slow-pitch jigging.
Bait & lures
Squid, cuttlefish, fish strip, live bait.
Legal sizes per Portaria 484/2016/M (Anexo II). Always confirm with the Direção Regional de Pescas.