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 ...

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, ...

Connor MacLeod RI, Newport, RI, USA. Captain Connor MacLeod of Newport, Rhode Island has made state fishing history once again. On November 9, 2025, a tautog caught aboard his charter vessel, Tall ...

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, ...

Last Monday, Vinney Simms Jr.’s huge tautog made 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 was a record-breaking 31-inch, 22 ...

“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 ...

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 ...