To protect hickory shad from snagging during spring spawning runs, avid angler Wayne Blottenberger of Bel Air is proposing Department of Natural Resources regulation changes for shad fishing in parts ...

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 ...

August is back-to-school time across Texas. This is not greeted universally with great enthusiasm and anticipation by students heading to classrooms across the state. Students of Texas angling are ...

More than 70 years ago, a 14-year-old Jim Fearson took an after-school job at a little gas station on the Virginia side of Chain Bridge. Each spring, the river below would fill with shad on their ...

With the lure of increased prizes and a drawing for a 14-foot shad boat, officials for the seventh annual Forks of the Delaware Shad Fishing Tournament yesterday promised the best tournament yet. The ...

The American shad, Alosa sapidissima, like the striped bass, is an anadromous fish. It is a member of the family of herrings. Prior to the late 1800s, shad were found in almost all river systems along ...