It came as no surprise that the winning catch in this year’s Forks of the Delaware Shad Fishing Tournament was caught on a “shad spoon.” Bill Gordon of Media hooked his 7.90-pound roe shad on the ...

Tom Clifford fishes for shad under Chain Bridge, on the District side of the Potomac. He's holding a lure called a Nungesser, above which is a shad dart. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective ...

EASTON – Each spring, the annual Forks of the Delaware Shad Fishing Tournament draws people from throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region and beyond to the waters of the Delaware River to try their hand at ...

The calendar says shad, but there are no shad to be had. This cantankerous winter will not let go. Down at the river, on the north bank of the James, I run into a friend, Matt Miller. He and two ...

Fishing for hickory and white (American) shad has been a rite of spring for centuries in mid-Atlantic country. In our area the locus of shad fishing is the Susquehanna River complex, which includes ...

Now’s the time to rummage through your tackle box and take out all those off-brand lures you seldom use. The small spoons, spinners, jigs, and odd devices you got suckered into buying, or were given ...

It’s often been said that the formula for successful shad fishing is the same as for establishing the desirability of real estate: location, location, location. Some would add the element of timing. A ...

One lucky member of the POL Outdoor Club will win an awesome collection of shad spoons courtesy of Hard Core Shad Spoons.

Each spring after the snow has melted and the days grow warmer and longer, the Delaware River comes alive when the American Shad make their annual visit to spawn in its clean, clear waters. American ...

Dam tailwaters and confluences on the Ohio River are prime spots for shad due to abundant feeding opportunities. Griggs Reservoir Park and O'Shaughnessy Reservoir on the Scioto River offer excellent ...

“It ain’t over ’til it’s over” is a Yogi-ism applying as much to shad fishing as baseball. According to George “Pappy” Magaro of Bethlehem, whose answering machine informs callers they’ve reached the ...