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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

If you have not fished for tautog before, now is the time to give it a try while the catching is good and the catch limit is about to be increased. As of Oct. 15, the tautog limit in Massachusetts and ...

Fall fishing here in mid-October can be described by the adage of “the finest kind.” Striped bass are muscling in, tautog are keeping them company, and black sea bass inhabit the inshore wrecks and ...