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Try your hand at tautog fishing at the AnglerCatch RI Tog Classic on Oct. 13

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 ...
The Providence Journal

N.J. man reels in a hefty tautog that breaks the RI record. How big was it?

Last Monday, Vinney Simms Jr.’s huge tautog made a total of four runs back down to the bottom. He managed to keep the fish off the bottom and got it into the boat; it was a record-breaking 31-inch, 22 ...
Sports Illustrated

World Record Tautog on a Fly Rod. An Unexpected Catch Turns Into a Fish of a Lifetime.

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 ...
AOL

Fishing Report: Follow these tips to catch more tautog this spring

“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 ...