Gary Vandemoortele holds a tautog he caught Monday with the last half-green crab in his bucket.
Gary Vandemoortele holds a tautog he caught Monday with the last half-green crab in his bucket.
The fall tautog season is in full swing in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
The regulations up until and including Oct. 14 are a three-fish/person/day limit with a 16-inch minimum size, only one fish may be greater than 21 inches. On Oct. 15, the limit changes to five fish/person/day. A 10-fish per boat limit applies in all periods, but it does not apply to charter boats.
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Dave Monti holds a captain’s master license and charter fishing license. He serves on a variety of boards and commissions and has a consulting business focusing on clean oceans, habitat preservation, conservation, renewable energy, and fisheries related issues. Forward fishing news and photos to dmontifish@verizon.net, visit www.noflukefishing.blogspot.com or www.noflukefishing.com.
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