“With warm weather this week, the tautog bite will improve,” said Dave Henault of Ocean State Tackle in Providence. “The water is cold. The temperature has to be around 50 degrees for the spring ...

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 ...

Tautog fishing exploded this week after things settled down from storms, high winds and rough seas. Fishing was good in our Bays, at jetties along our southern coastal shore, and off Point Judith, ...

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 fishing in Buzzards Bay is a traditional spring pastime and one of life's simple, inexpensive pleasures. Tautog, also called "tog" or blackfish, are scrappy fighters, bulldogging for the bottom ...

Catching a tautog, also called a blackfish, on a fly rod is no easy feat. You usually find the fish around rocks and boulders 20 to 30 feet down. The bite turns on when the current is moving, so it ...

“This is the largest tautog I have ever caught,” said Jeremy Webster of Pawtucket as he lifted his rod high to prevent the fish from going back down into structure. Webster's fish was in the low ...

The weather temps are plummeting to record-low levels for this time of year, and hopefully that won't screw up the pretty solid bass bite we've got going off of Atlantic City, Ocean City and Sea Isle ...

Tautog fishing is great with lots of big fish around the Yankee Wreck, Cleveland's Ledge, Great Ledge, Penikese, Cuttyhunk, Quicks's Hole and also off the one-mile outside the mouth of the Westport ...

1. A tautog spends its time tucked down in creases and crevices of Virginias reefs and wrecks. 2. Fiddler crabs and chunks of blue crab are the best baits. 3. The way a tautog strikes can be ...