It’s time to get serious about American shad. These feisty fish are a great choice for shaking the summer doldrums, being readily available along more than 150 miles of the lower Columbia and Snake ...

From Northern Florida to Maine, American and hickory shad leave the ocean and pile into coastal rivers every spring to spawn. I’d argue that every East Coast angler should learn how to catch shad. In ...

Water levels are one of the most important factors in shad fishing. They can change from day to day and season to season and are one thing that people have no control over. So here are some things you ...

An annual rite of spring in Virginia is underway. The hickory and American shad runs are in their early stages, but some fish are being taken in Chesapeake Bay tributaries. Shad return from the sea ...

For most of American history, early spring meant a feast of shad. That tradition has faded, but young chefs are trying to slip the ritual back onto plates. The earliest Americans from from Florida to ...