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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Shad is a fairly healthy fish that's low in mercury and high in omega-3 fatty acids and can be delicious if prepared the right way. We talked ...

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 you ...

I've never forgotten my first shad fishing adventure, even though it took place nearly 40 years ago. I remember that I had no clue what I was doing and I didn't come close to catching a fish. But as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Connecticut has a state fish! The American Shad was once so important to coastal life that it was named our state fish in 2003. It was a crucial source of food for Native Americans and New World ...

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 ...

This past weekend, I stowed the larger canoe I use for waterfowl hunting and brought back with me to my weekday apartment in Virginia my fishing canoe. In about the length of time it will take me to ...

Tom Clifford fishes for shad under Chain Bridge, on the District side of the Potomac. He's holding a lure called a Nungesser, above which is a shad dart. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective ...

When I started this column 26 years ago shad fishing was terrific in the rivers above the New Haven area. For a variety of reasons the population of shad has dwindled. Hopefully, in the next few years ...