Fads come and go, but Columbia River shad fishing is here to stay and in a very big way. “Shad counts are starting to hit a thousand per day, and a check (Wednesday) had 10 (anglers) with 51 shad kept ...

I've never forgotten my first shad fishing adventure, even though it took place nearly 40 years ago. I remember that I had no clue what I was doing and I didn't come close to catching a fish. But as a ...

Although throwing topwater baits is exciting, expecting those explosive blow-ups, reaction baits with better hook-up ratios will put more fish in your boat during Tennessee River reservoir shad-spawns ...

For most Southern Maryland fishermen, a rite of passage each spring is catching yellow perch. Whether at Allen’s Fresh, Mason Springs or Waysons Corner, for many locals, the perch run means that ...

According to legend and lore, it’s the fish that may have made America possible. As the tale goes, Gen. George Washington’s ragtag Continental Army was on the brink of starvation at its encampment ...

Cowlitz River – Boat anglers are catching spring Chinook from the I-5 Bridge upstream while bank anglers are mainly catching fish around the barrier dam though jacks are being caught on the lower ...

Shad fishing is a family tradition Fred Lewis continued to embrace long after his counterparts left the springtime trade. Lewis worked at a paper mill while fishing to keep the profitless Lewis Shad ...

The first Delaware River shad I ever caught was hooked, fought and netted about 30 years ago as I waded near the PPL access north of Martins Creek. The eggs of the 5-pound roe shad went to my dad, and ...

The number of shad migrating up the Susquehanna River in Maryland has fallen by almost half over the past year, part of a worrisome decline up and down the East Coast, scientists say. The drop means ...

There is no recreational fishery in Florida like the American shad. With its smaller cousins the blueback herring and hickory shad, these greenish-backed, silver sportsters are the Sunshine State’s ...

LAMBERTVILLE — The temperature's up, the water is moving and the shad are coming up the Delaware River. "Caught 55 so far," said Jim Freda of Manalapan who was on a boat with three others fishing next ...