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, ...

“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 ...

JAMESTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — DEM Environmental Police seized a fisherman’s illegal catch of undersized tautog and striped bass on Saturday. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said ...

“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 ...

Poachers trying to take undersize fish in South Kingstown are facing charges, according to the state Department of Environmental Management. DEM said its Division of Law Enforcement received an ...

Tautog fishing continues to be very good. Here’s what one expert, Neil Hayes, has to say: “If you are fishing from shore and not getting bites, you have to keep moving and try different spots every ...

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 ...

If you have not fished for tautog before, now is the time to give it a try while the catching is good and the catch limit is about to be increased. As of Oct. 15, the tautog limit in Massachusetts and ...

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 ...