What is ‘hoodfishing’? The sneaky new trend singles are trying to cast a wider net in NYC

It’s like catfishing, but for neighborhoods.

New York-adjacent singles are claiming to be Big Apple residents on their dating profiles — a sneaky trend dubbed “hoodfishing.”

“Every few conversations on [a dating] app, there’s a woman who is like … ‘Oh, I live in Westchester,’ or ‘I live on Long Island,’” even though their profiles said they are located in the city, griped comedian Jared Fried in a viral TikTok video .

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If it take three trains or a “red eye” flight to get to the date, you know someone’s hoodfishing — a cousin to catfishing, in which someone makes a fake online persona to lure in romantic interests, he noted.

“Our first date would have different stakes,” Fried said. “You’re sitting there the whole time like ‘Well, if I make the 11:42 train…’”

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“Date the suburban guys. There’s a nice guy in your town who tucks his polo into his underwear that is ready to go out with you,” he urged.

The motivation to lie is “obvious,” said hoodfishers — it casts a wider net and gets you more dates.

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Saying that she lived in NYC got one woman from central New Jersey more options, she commented. Once she changed her location to Midtown, it only took two months to find a match, she said.

“As long as men height-fish, income-fish, marital status-fish, I will keep hood fishing!!!!” said another.

For others, its just a way to save face.

“I used to do this with NJ transit/Port Authority,” confessed one. “I would lie and say I’m going to Penn because taking a bus sounds so bad.”

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