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, ...

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 ...

Captain Connor MacLeod of Newport, Rhode Island has made state fishing history once again. On November 9, 2025, a tautog ...

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, ...

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 ...

Anglers caught several large blackfish, also known as tog, weighing over 10 pounds this week. Cold inshore water temperatures ...

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 ...

We're starting to get good fishing reports from Cape May to Great Bay. The weather finally was decent for a nice stretch, and the fishing also could be called decent. Tautog fishing may be ...

Tautog is a great eating fish, and the bite is starting to explode in Massachusetts and Rhode Island waters. In both states, the minimum size is 16 inches with a catch limit of three fish/person/day, ...

The winter has been cold enough so far for Lake Hopatcong to freeze, which means the traditional ice fishing contest is on.