While talking with a couple of Lake Mead fishermen recently, the subject turned to gizzard shad. Since they showed up in Lake Mead in 2007, gizzards have displaced threadfin shad as both the primary ...

Most anglers are well aware of the slow-down in bass fishing that occurs shortly after Thanksgiving and hangs on until sometime after Valentine's Day across North Alabama. The frosty months dull the ...

"If you wish to learn the highest truths, begin with the alphabet." Japanese proverb Shad can account for up to 75 percent of a bass' diet when they are the main baitfish. To fully understand ...

It wasn't a gizzard out of a Thanksgiving Day turkey. Wouldn't find it in a giblet gravy. Still, a "gizz" is very popular, particularly among inland lake fishermen. No, not the bird kind of gizzard.

Claim to fame: Although the gizzard shad’s tasteless flesh has no “skillet appeal” for anglers and the fish are seldom caught, this fish plays an important role in Missouri fishing. Young gizzard shad ...

For nearly 32 years, Jim Goff has been a fixture on Lake Mead and Lake Mohave, where he has spent his “retirement” years guiding fishermen in search of striped bass. That makes him not only the ...

One of the best things about fishing is it’s a recreational activity you can enjoy all year. Granted, winter weather in Harford County is downright miserable, but if you dress for the occasion, an ...

Gizzard shad are not a gamefish nor are they considered edible by humans, but for bass anglers their life-cycle takes on special interest in spring, when they spawn from the end of April to late June ...

The St. Johns River Water Management District has reinstated an ambitious project to remove the prolific American gizzard shad from the waters of Lake Apopka. As early as this weekend 30 commercial ...

Many anglers are aware that gizzard shad and other non-native forage fish species are present in larger water bodies within Wisconsin, but the impacts these fish have on fishing success may be a ...