Most state-record catches are a game of ounces and inches, but in 2023, several noteworthy fish tipped the scales dramatically between Maine and Virginia.
These sons of b can live up to 40 years old and they are ugly as sin, unless you're an angler. The anglers apparently love these babies, especially Aiden Cole who caught a record breaking Tautog on October 25th, 2023 in CT's Thames River.
A Connecticut angler has set the new state record for a tautog catch while fishing in the Thames River with Captain Luke Wiggins, who is the previous record holder for the "taugzilla."