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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fishing for tautog (also called black fish) has been outstanding in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The fish are abundant and quite large. Anglers are allowed just one trophy fish, 21 inches or larger ...

Fishing Report Monday had small craft advisories up and a gale warning is already up for Tuesday. The extended marine ...

Lots of stuff happening over these awesome weather days. The anticipated main fall migration of heavyweight striped bass coming down the coast from parts north of here has not developed yet. We are ...

Anglers have a lot of different species to target in the fall. This week, striped bass mixed in with bluefish are still running strong along with false albacore and bonito. Tautog fishing is cranking ...

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 ...

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 ...