Experimenting with a variety of rigs, different baits, and obscure locations is often the key to landing big tautog.

Tog jigs provide a deadly presentation while allowing anglers to target blackfish with light tackle.

A detail-oriented approach to bait and rigging will lead to more jumbo tog this fall.

In April, anglers look to the front lawn to decide when to start their saltwater seasons.

Tautog are visual predators, feeding on hard-shelled crustaceans and mollusks during daylight hours and quickly retreating to the shelter of structure as the sun goes down.

Every party boat tautog trip is a crash course in bottom fishing tactics.

How a 17-year-old caught a gigantic state record tautog while fishing on a charter boat based out of Newport.

A 17-year-old holds a new Rhode Island fishing state record after reeling in a gigantic tautog on Sunday.

Tips from tautog captains in NJ, RI, and MA to help put more blackfish in the boat.

Jimmy Fee and Kevin Blinkoff target tautog during the fall run in Buzzards Bay using the Spot-Lock feature on their Old Town kayaks.