Learn basic facts and information about the bottom-feeding saltwater fish called tautog.

Heated handrails are a game-changer while bottom-fishing on a party boat for a mix of deep water species during the chilly winter months.

Tautog fishing comes down to location, tackle, and technique. Here are a few tips to get started. 

Everyone has a Sunday ritual; some go to church, others go to their favorite diner, others go out to fish on their favorite headboat.

Tom Daffin of Fishin’ Fever Sportfishing explains the technique for setting the hook while tautog fishing off the coast of Cape May, New Jersey.

It's the small things that make a big difference when targeting bulldog blackfish

For New England stripers, the end is nearing, but for New England tautog, the best is right now.

It felt strange driving down Route 27 East toward Montauk without a few surf rods in the car.

By 10:00, a crowd of fishermen had assembled on the dock behind Fishermen’s Supply Co.

Captain Greg Nardiello, skipper of the Sheepshead Bay-based headboat, the Ocean Eagle V, knew something was different when he set the hook into a biting blackfish this past Saturday.