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 ...

Tautog fishing in Buzzards Bay is a traditional spring pastime and one of life's simple, inexpensive pleasures. Tautog, also called "tog" or blackfish, are scrappy fighters, bulldogging for the bottom ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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, ...

Tautog fishing is much like a tug of war. Once you hook one, the battle is on to keep it from going into structure. Many times anglers hook up on the bottom when fishing for tautog. My experience is ...

“Water movement is important for tautog fishing. Not ripping current that carries your bait away, but a strong tide that still allows you to feel a connection with the bait when a tautog bites,” ...

No blockbuster news from the saltwater end of things this weekend. Tautog are still the most likely catch in the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was the site of most of the catches, ...

Our first weekend wrapup of the year finds that tautog are still the headliners among fish caught in the Chesapeake Bay, but there’s some promising news coming from southern waters. The Chesapeake Bay ...