(1) And we put no credence whatever in the old myth that the vent of the tautog closes over in winter.(2) While tautog can be caught in the summer, it's hard to get a bait past the eager sea bass.(3) There should be more of a regional management approach for both commercial and recreational tautog fisheries.(4) Taken by rod, reel, and spear from May through October, tautog is an important sport fish in Rhode Island.(5) No estimates of stock size or mortality are available for tautog in North Carolina.
