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 ...

Rhode Island's spring tautog season opened April 1 and runs through May 31 with a three-fish limit. Tautog fishing experts recommend using white or Asian crabs, or clam bellies as bait. Anglers are ...

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 ...

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NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — An angler from New Jersey reeled in real big fish in the Ocean State earlier this week. (Courtesy: RI DEM) The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) ...

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 ...

The species may be identified by the high dorsal profile, blunt snout, thick lips, and high-set eyes. Unlike the cunner, another temperate wrasse, it has no scales on the gill covers. Tautog vary from ...

Okay, so they aren’t the prettiest fish in the sea, nor are they the quickest. But plenty may argue that tautog are certainly one of the tastiest. These tubby wreck dwellers are known for their ...