Some of the very best times I've had fly-fishing have been chasing around the American shad, including right in our own area in the Hudson River. Shad are a fish that were made with fishing in mind ­­ ...

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 ...

American shad have been sniffing their way up the east coast looking for the rivers they were born in. Shad are anadromous clupeid fish, which means they live in the Atlantic Ocean and return to ...

Fall can challenge even the most experienced anglers. Cooling water, scattered bait, and unpredictable patterns make locating ...

I’M NOT MUCH of a fish counter, except for when it comes to false albacore—and even then, the action can get so crazy that I forget if I’ve landed four and lost three or vice versa or some equation ...

Anglers have long used different environmental phenomena to mark the onset of their sporting seasons. For example, many fishermen maintain that when eastern North Carolina’s ubiquitous dogwoods begin ...

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 ...

One of the most anticipated events of the post-Christmas season is the arrival of shad migrating up Lowcountry rivers to spawn. The peak of the shad run generally doesn’t occur until late February to ...

Anglers had a picture perfect morning Thursday on the Delaware River for the start of the Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest. According to contest organizer Eric Fistler, more than 900 fishing enthusiasts ...