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 ...

“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 ...

Fishing for tautog, or black fish, has been great. Anglers in Narragansett and Mt. Hope Bays are hooking up, and the bite along the southern coastal shore has been good with those fishing off Newport ...

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 ...

Tautog fishing is very good at the popular ledges, rocky areas and wrecks throughout Buzzards Bay out to the Islands. In the Bay, some popular spots include Cleveland's Ledge, Mosher's Ledge, Negro ...

Whereyou should go: 17 Fathoms provides the most consistent early winter blackfishing in our area, and it's already producing well. What you should use: Green crabs. Why today is a good day for this: ...