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, ...

The author with a Rhode Island tautog that picked up a jig fished on ultra-light spinning tackle. Step back in time 20 or 30 ...

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 ...

The conditions of the last week weren’t great, but thankfully they weren’t bad enough to keep the local boats at the docks.

Cold temperatures, blustery winds and snow kept the blackfish fleet at the dock for most of the week. Meanwhile, the early indicators are not good for the 2023 striped bass spawn. The ocean had ...

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 ...

MICHAEL SHEPHERD For The Press Dec 30, 2024 Dec 30, 2024 0 Fishing for tautog continues to be a phenom to end the year and, hopefully, to ring in the new. If the latest offshore trips on the Starfish ...

Fishing for tautog, or black fish, has been great. Anglers in Narragansett and Mt. Hope Bays are hooking up, and the bite along the southern coastal shore has been good with those fishing off Newport ...

Mike O’Neill is the captain of the Stray Cat charter/open boat out of Seaview Harbor. He stayed home this year, unlike in 2015, when he spent the winter working the Florida Keys. He said recently that ...

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.

Step back in time 20 or 30 years and most coastal anglers fishing between New England and the Mid-Atlantic weren’t very excited about catching tautog, also known as blackfish. Don’t misunderstand, ...