SACRAMENTO – The American shad is one of the most popular and yet most mysterious fish that anglers pursue on California’s Central Valley rivers in the spring.

Over the past four decades, the American shad population in Virginia — specifically the James River — collapsed. Humans are largely to blame. Dams, pollution, commercial fishing bycatch, water ...

Nature, civilization, and history, all front and center, as a dam on Brandywine Creek, co-owned by DuPont and the City of ...

Typical setups for shad fishing start with ultralight rods and reels spooled with 4- to 6-pound test monofilament. Use light, 1/16 up to 1/8-ounce jigheads with bright curly-tailed grubs.

This article was originally published with the title “The First Shad” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 38 No. 14 (April 1878), p. 216 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican04061878-216a ...

According to the Holyoke Gas & Electric Robert E. Barrett Fishway, more than 3,000 shad went through the Holyoke Fish Lift recorded between April 22nd and April 29th. Over the past 10 years, 5.5 ...

"At one point, the American shad was the most important commercial finfish in the whole Chesapeake Bay," said Albert Spells, Virginia fisheries coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

When it comes to American shad in the Delaware River, there are only two things that are guaranteed: The fish are going to make their annual migratory spawning run up river each spring, and the ...