Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shad is a fairly healthy fish that's low in mercury and high in omega-3 fatty acids and can be delicious if prepared the right way ...

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 ...

Depending on whom you speak to, the American shad that ascend the Delaware River every spring to spawn are either doing well, or they are a species of concern right now. Either way, the anadromous ...

In an early May Bass Pro Tour tournament on the Tennessee River, Major League Fishing pro David Walker explained the importance of playing your cards right when a shad-spawn bite goes bust, switching ...

Each year the shad make their way up the Delaware River to replenish their species. They are a key ingredient in the forage base in the river and their runs, successful or unsuccessful, are tied to ...

This past weekend, I stowed the larger canoe I use for waterfowl hunting and brought back with me to my weekday apartment in Virginia my fishing canoe. In about the length of time it will take me to ...

Meserve, a fourth-generation shad fisherman, gives a fishing demonstration at the recent ShadFest. — Photos: SAHAR COSTON-HARDY/ The New York Times IN the spring of 1778, after a brutal winter at ...

The earliest occupations in Gloucester County were agriculture and fishing. Agriculture is still important in the county, but fishing is no longer a major occupation. Shad fishing was one of the ...

As the organizer of the Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest, and an avid American shad fisherman, Eric Fistler spends much of his free time in spring taking part in shad-related activities on the Delaware ...

There is a new king of the Columbia. Each spring, a chrome tide of fish native to the East Coast floods the Northwest's mightiest river by the millions. Shad, not salmon, are thriving in the warm, ...

When Lewis and Clark arrived on the Columbia River in 1805, they experienced an incredible abundance of salmon, one of Oregon’s most iconic natural resources. While we can only dream of the salmon ...