Fishermen were out on the Delaware River Thursday for a fishing tournament. The bi-state Shad Fishing Contest in New Jersey and Pennsylvania got underway Thursday. Shad are born in fresh water but ...

It’s known for natural beauty, industry and trade, a variety of fish including a springtime run of American shad, history that helped create and grow the United States, and sourcing drinking water for ...

It’s the subtleties that can make the difference between catching no shad and potentially one worth about $20,000 this week in the Easton-Phillipsburg area. The 14th annual Bi-State Shad Fishing ...

Anglers have long used different environmental phenomena to mark the onset of their sporting seasons. For example, many fishermen maintain that when eastern North Carolina’s ubiquitous dogwoods begin ...

EASTON, Pa. — We'll head to the Delaware River for the annual shad run. Rusty Held is an accomplished guide on the river and knows what it takes to put this fun fighting fish in the boat.

From Northern Florida to Maine, American and hickory shad leave the ocean and pile into coastal rivers every spring to spawn. I’d argue that every East Coast angler should learn how to catch shad. In ...

The questions usually begin in late January: "Heard anything about the shad? Anybody catching them?" Every spring American shad make their way from the ocean and head up Lowcountry rivers to spawn.