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 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 ...
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 ...
Captain Connor MacLeod of Newport, Rhode Island has made state fishing history once again. On November 9, 2025, a tautog caught aboard his charter vessel, Tall Tailz Charters, officially reclaimed the ...
A new tautog state record has been set in Rhode Island. Vladimir V. of New Jersey broke the previous state record when he hauled a tautog on Nov. 9 weighing in at 23 pounds and 15.12 ounces. He caught ...