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 ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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) ...
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 years and most coastal anglers fishing between New England and the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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