“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 ...

Old-school tautog fishermen were just filling coolers. These days, we know they're great sportfish that put up a real fight — ...

The fall tautog season is in full swing in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The regulations up until and including Oct. 14 are a three-fish/person/day limit with a 16-inch minimum size, only one fish ...

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, ...

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 ...

Welcome to today's fish cooking episode of Thundermist Fishing Tips. Today we're going to be BBQ'ing some delicious tautogs. Antonio, the boatless angler himself, shares with us his recipe. He makes a ...

MICHAEL SHEPHERD For The Press Feb 3, 2025 Feb 3, 2025 0 Fishers are stirring a little more as the skim ice melts away and creates more open water. Cabin fever seems somewhat less than it was. Fishing ...

Here's what happens when luck, foresight, and skill come together when an angler is out fly fishing for Striped Bass. World record tautog (blackfish) caught by Sam Alsop. / photo provided by Sam Alsop ...

This past Monday, Vinney Simms Jr. of Hamilton, New Jersey, had a huge tautog make a total of four runs back down to the bottom. He managed to keep the fish off the bottom and got it into the boat. It ...