The 2023 shad run has been epic. The fishing was so good recently that it turned into a friendly fishing competition between friends.

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 … ...

American shad are running in the Delaware River, says Eric Fistler, organizer of what would have been the 10th annual Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest this month at Phillipsburg. He hauled in 25 on ...

Shad populations in the Hudson River have dropped so seriously that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has proposed closing both the recreational and commercial fishing ...

Today shad fishing is a rite of spring for Lowcountry anglers who mostly head to two well-known spots in the spring — the Tailrace Canal in the upper stretches of ...

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 primar ...

Fishing for hickory and white (American) shad has been a rite of spring for centuries in mid-Atlantic country. In our area the locus of shad fishing is the Susquehanna River complex, which includes… ...

Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said some good black bass fishing takes place at night with big plastic worms or spinner baits in dark colors. Try top-water lures at first and last ...

People fish for shad near Scott Park in Easton during the last day of the 2021 Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest held along the Delaware. Over 1100 people entered the contest.

Registrations have doubled for the seventh annual Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest running April 20-23, 2017.

Fishing for hickory and white —or American — shad has been a rite of spring for centuries in the mid-Atlantic. In our area, the locus of shad fishing is the Susquehanna River complex, which ...