Old-school tautog fishermen were just filling coolers. These days, we know they're great sportfish that put up a real fight — if you jig.

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 ...

The fall tautog season is in full swing in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The regulations up until and including Oct. 14 are a three-fish/person/day limit with a 16-inch minimum size, only one fish ...

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 ...

“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 is the largest tautog I have ever caught,” said Jeremy Webster of Pawtucket as he lifted his rod high to prevent the fish from going back down into structure. Webster's fish was in the low ...

The weather temps are plummeting to record-low levels for this time of year, and hopefully that won't screw up the pretty solid bass bite we've got going off of Atlantic City, Ocean City and Sea Isle ...

I sincerely hope everybody had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and now you can hit the saltwater hard, because fishing on all fronts has opened up big time. Stripers are in the back and out front, ...

The calendar has turned to January and most anglers who are ocean fishing are targeting blackfish, which will have to carry the small fleet of recreational boats that are still fishing. Most everyone ...

As I'm fond of saying, the fishing seasons change, but the fishing season never ends. As we bid adieu to another Hook, Line and Sinker season, I'd like to remind readers that our fishing coverage will ...

With the closing of flounder and sea bass fishing, we are asked constantly, "What is there to fish for now?" Our jetty action has been hot and heavy. Between the Brigantine and Atlantic City jetties, ...