To check out the data that accompanies this report go to Tagging Data . Tautog, commonly called blackfish, are a fun fish to catch. Found on structures or reefs, they are recreationally fished from Massachusetts to Virginia. With these characteristics, they are able to crush and grind mollusks and crustaceans.
Green crabs are a favorite bait of sport fishermen.
Robert Pirone, Mt Vernon, NY, is one of our blackfish taggers. He fishes in Western Long Island Sound near the famous Execution Light. I released the fish once again tag intact, so hopefully, I can recapture it in another two years. When you are out for a day of fishing on wrecks or reefs, black sea bass occupy these areas along with the blackfish. Black sea bass differ from striped bass in that they never venture into rivers.