Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A heavy roe shad that smacked a flutter spoon on the Delaware River. From Maine to Florida and even in the Pacific Northwest, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An American shad on a hook in the water From Northern Florida to the Canadian Maritimes, American shad flood coastal rivers every ...

To catch boatloads of big Tennessee River bass during a shad spawn, Major League Fishing Pro David Walker spends his mornings casting reaction baits and finesse rigs at freshwater mussel beds on the ...

For most Southern Maryland fishermen, a rite of passage each spring is catching yellow perch. Whether at Allen’s Fresh, Mason Springs or Waysons Corner, for many locals, the perch run means that ...

Fads come and go, but Columbia River shad fishing is here to stay and in a very big way. “Shad counts are starting to hit a thousand per day, and a check (Wednesday) had 10 (anglers) with 51 shad kept ...

According to legend and lore, it’s the fish that may have made America possible. As the tale goes, Gen. George Washington’s ragtag Continental Army was on the brink of starvation at its encampment ...

There is no recreational fishery in Florida like the American shad. With its smaller cousins the blueback herring and hickory shad, these greenish-backed, silver sportsters are the Sunshine State’s ...

Denis Dauphinee (left) and Pete Douvarjo fish for shad on June 10 on the Penobscot River in Old Town. Last week, I saw the light. Honestly, I did. Thanks to a longtime angler with a boat and a plan ...

WATERVILLE, Maine — Willie Grenier grew up in Lewiston as an avid angler. His enthusiasm for fishing in the Little Androscoggin River was ruined when, as a youngster, he saw human feces in the water ...