Record Tautog Caught in Maine…on Live Mackerel!
While striped bass fishing in Casco Bay on July 1st, local angler Brian Boyt hooked a potential state-record tautog.
While striped bass fishing in Casco Bay on July 1st, local angler Brian Boyt hooked a potential state-record tautog.
At the start of the spring tog season, soft baits like seaworms sometimes out-produce hard-shelled crabs.
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.
New York angler Kelly Langion-Milano might hold a new female world record for tautog in the 30-pound line class after submitting her 18-pound catch to the IGFA.
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.
Small Details Can Make The Difference In Winter Tog Fishing
Every party boat tautog trip is a crash course in bottom fishing tactics.
There's something primal and satisfying about cooking a whole tautog.