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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

About this time of year a few friends and I travel down to the Columbia River to fish for shad. It has become an annual tradition. The reason I enjoy it so much is it is kind of old school fishing.

Winter angling on Norfork Lake can be one of the most productive periods of striper fishing. Beginning in mid-December thorough February the stripers will stick close to the old river channels near or ...

Black and purple were the flutter spoon choice of colors Tuesday as I fished for shad on the Delaware River with Grant Scott of Hobo Charters. Storm clouds darkened the sky. “Dark days, dark colors.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Council Grove: Crappie fair on jigs and minnows near brush and rock banks suspended 10-15 feet deep. El Dorado: Crappie fair to good over brushpiles 10-14 feet deep or near channel edges 15-20 feet ...