Learn how MLF pro David Walker capitalizes on the shad spawn during Bass Pro Tour tournaments. Discover his go-to baits, ...

The two most popular species are gizzard shad and threadfin shad. While they are very similar, there are a few key differences worth noting to successfully use shad baits. Gizzard shad are the ...

This past week was wonderfully productive for catching high numbers of quality white bass, but the fishing was quite ...

Learn where and how MLF pro David Walker catches bass on shallow offshore shell bars during the spring shad spawn on ...

Beer cans, plastic ice sacks, logs and boats on the surface. Schools of just hatched threadfin shad and their predators below. The tiny shad are a drifting picnic for marauding bands of white bass ...

More than 4 million threadfin shad have been raised in hatcheries and nursery ponds this year and are being released into lakes throughout the state. Threadfin shad are a favorite forage of game ...

Every morning at sunrise, schools of diminutive threadfin shad leave shoreline hiding places and dash for deeper waters. During the day they make a migratory circuit of the lake or river in which ...

In contrast, the fall midwater trawl abundance indices for striped bass, Delta smelt, longfin smelt, splittail and threadfin shad between 1967 and 2020 declined by 99.7%, 100%, 99.96%, 100% ...

NWA Democrat-Gazette/FLIP PUTTHOFF Gizzard shad, shown here, and threadfin shad are a primary food source for all game fish at Beaver Lake. Anglers who watch for gulls feeding on shad at Beaver ...

Shad, a member of the herring family, can grow to 6 pounds and should not be confused with its smaller-sized relative, a Delta baitfish called threadfin shad. The only time this species ...