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 ...

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 ...

Though Sunday's six-tautog-limit season opener was ruined for most blackfishermen by Saturday's storm, the white chins turned on this week -- and the continuation of westerly winds settling the ocean ...

There were few things we could hide from mom, and eating with one hand wasn’t one of them. “What’s the matter with your right hand, did you cut it again?” I lowered my eyes, an action she correctly ...

In its quarterly newsletter released on Wednesday, MarineFisheries reported that new management strategies for tautog are in the works for 2018. This species is one of the most localized of all ...

One of the tell-tale signs that the fall fishery is in full swing is the jump start of the popular structure-oriented fish, tautog. These little guys are not pretty to look at, but they put up a hefty ...

On March 22, we decided it was the perfect day for a tautog trip. We sailed out of the The Virginia Beach Fishing Center at Rudee Inlet, in Viaround 0630. We were greeted by variable winds. My crew ...

If you have not tried spring tautog fishing, now is the time to do it as the spring season in Rhode Island closes May 31. It was a great fall tautog season, and this spring has been outstanding, too.

On the same day, two anglers fishing in Maryland set the first new state fishing records of 2015 by landing an 8-pound chain pickerel and a 28.8-pound tautog—which may also qualify as a new ...