Fishing for tautog (also called black fish) has been outstanding for the past four to five years. The fish have been abundant and quite large. This year, in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts, from ...

If you haven’t fished a tautog tournament, this is the one to enter. The AnglerCatch RI Tog Classic will be held Sunday, Oct. 13, from sunrise to 2 p.m. There are more than $50,000 in prizes and great ...

MICHAEL SHEPHERD For The Press Dec 30, 2024 Dec 30, 2024 0 Fishing for tautog continues to be a phenom to end the year and, hopefully, to ring in the new. If the latest offshore trips on the Starfish ...

Step back in time 20 or 30 years and most coastal anglers fishing between New England and the Mid-Atlantic weren’t very excited about catching tautog, also known as blackfish. Don’t misunderstand, ...

Tautog is a great eating fish, and the bite is starting to explode in Massachusetts and Rhode Island waters. In both states, the minimum size is 16 inches with a catch limit of three fish/person/day, ...

Summer fishing is a hit so far. “Lots of fish” is an appropriate description for what’s going on. Tautog and triggerfish are two stars, with summer flounder and striped bass still hanging tough. Plus, ...

Anglers have a lot of different species to target in the fall. This week, striped bass mixed in with bluefish are still running strong along with false albacore and bonito. Tautog fishing is cranking ...

Cold temperatures, blustery winds and snow kept the blackfish fleet at the dock for most of the week. Meanwhile, the early indicators are not good for the 2023 striped bass spawn. The ocean had ...