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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — An angler from New Jersey reeled in real big fish in the Ocean State earlier this week. (Courtesy: RI DEM) ...

Connor MacLeod RI, Newport, RI, USA. 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 ...

JAMESTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — DEM Environmental Police seized a fisherman’s illegal catch of undersized tautog and striped bass on Saturday. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said ...

This past Monday, Vinney Simms Jr. of Hamilton, New Jersey, had a huge tautog make 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced that Vincent Simms caught a ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Yet another angler from New Jersey has reeled in a record-breaking fish in the Ocean State. (Courtesy: RI DEM) The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) ...