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 ...

The first Delaware River shad I ever caught was hooked, fought and netted about 30 years ago as I waded near the PPL access north of Martins Creek. The eggs of the 5-pound roe shad went to my dad, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

BRUNSWICK - New regulations will govern where commercial fishermen can harvest shad in Georgia. The state's commercial shad season will open at 6 a.m. Jan. 1 and continue through midnight March 31.

Words have meanings, some of them unintended. As an outdoor writer, I’ve try to avoid the latter and instruct others to do the same. A case in point was a recent headline about shad fishing at Oregon ...