Although shad reports have been slow thus far, that will change as the water temperature begins to rise. The peak is normally ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. You’ve heard the expression “two heads are ...

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 ...

I had to be tall enough to wear hip boots. That was the rule, and from the time I was 4 until my 8-year-old legs met the criteria, that rule really pissed me off. I’d sit on the basement steps while ...

When it comes to American shad in the Delaware River, there are only two things that are guaranteed: The fish are going to make their annual migratory spawning run up river each spring, and the ...

It’s well documented that the American shad that ascend the Delaware River each spring to spawn are a species of concern. The population is down significantly from where it was just a few decades ago ...

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 ...