Warning, shad fishing is addictive. This is the time of year when my thoughts of the annual shad run at Fletcher’s Cove on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s hard to leave the water, especially when the fish are snapping. So I’ve determined the pronouncement “just one more cast” is merely folly, a falsehood built on self delusion. In nearly 30 years ...

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 ...

I thought I detected a snub to Susquehanna River anglers when I read that the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission recently floated the idea of allowing catch-and-relase angling for American shad on ...

As salmon and steelhead swim upstream, they’re now facing one more challenge in fish ladders. It’s a non-native fish competing for space: the American shad. At Lower Granite Dam on the Lower Snake ...

HADDAM >> The Haddam Shad Museum is housed in what was once the shad shack of Bill Maynard, a long-time Haddam shad fisherman. The museum is the only one in the country, its website says, “dedicated ...

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 ...