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 ...

There are a few more things happening on the area's fishing scene. Tautog have moved inshore, for one thing. Capt. Paul Barrus took the North Star Express on its first eight-hour tog trip of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...