Water levels are one of the most important factors in shad fishing. They can change from day to day and season to season and are one thing that people have no control over. So here are some things you ...

Shoreline anglers have to do some long-distance casting to get at migrating shad. That makes the use of certain types of equipment, lighter lines and better casting skills a must. One of the main ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Lake Erie anglers are enjoying calmer Lake Erie winds, and the cooler night temperatures lately are ...

Summertime and the fishing is easy. That is, when you can catch a mess and never make a single cast. Fishing at Beaver Lake can be that way when white bass, walleye and just about anything with fins ...

Fishing for striped bass is heating up. Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said stripers are biting from Prairie Creek park upstream to Hickory Creek park. Point 12 is a hot spot for ...

It’s time to get serious about American shad. These feisty fish are a great choice for shaking the summer doldrums, being readily available along more than 150 miles of the lower Columbia and Snake ...

With weather forecasts looking favorable, check out the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg, Va., because schools of spawning hickory shad are showing up in good numbers. The shad are striking ...

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 ...

In 20 years of covering the shad fishing scene, it’s become accepted and understood that the season always begins with a lull before yielding to the storm. The lull began before the trout season ...

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 ...