Each spring, the river below would fill with shad on their annual breeding migration. And each spring, the gas station would fill with anglers buying supplies to catch them. Jim contacted me after ...

The 14th annual Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest opened Thursday on the Delaware River and runs through Sunday. This year’s contest drew 1,157 registrants, up about 50 from last year, organizer ...

That’s when Storm unveiled its new swimbait, the WildEye Swim Shad. I still remember buying my first pack of Shads…and I still remember the thump of the striper that whacked one of the baits ...

The contest coincides with the shads’ springtime spawning run up the undammed Delaware. As for the early 2025 shad angling reports, things really started to pick up in the last week or so, and ...

In an early May Bass Pro Tour tournament on the Tennessee River, Major League Fishing pro David Walker explained the importance of playing your cards right when a shad-spawn bite goes bust ...

GRIFTON, N.C. (WITN) - One of the longest-running festivals in Eastern Carolina, the Grifton Shad Festival, o-“fish”-ally underway. The 53rd annual Shad Festival runs through Sunday and will ...

Every angler needs a stash of go-to lures. And in Idaho waters, it’s hard to find many baits as fishy and versatile as the Rapala Shad Rap crankbait. As its name would suggest, this lure is ...

It’s not easy to win the Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest as evidenced by the fact that the tournament started in 2011 has never had a repeat winner. However, that doesn’t stop American shad ...