In an early May Bass Pro Tour tournament on the Tennessee River, Major League Fishing pro David Walker explained the importance of playing your cards right when a shad-spawn bite goes bust, switching ...

The entrance to the Fairmount Fish Way (left) leads to a labyrinth of chambers that allow fish to ascend gradually. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks) Fishermen try their luck in the Schuylkill near the ...

To catch boatloads of big Tennessee River bass during a shad spawn, Major League Fishing Pro David Walker spends his mornings casting reaction baits and finesse rigs at freshwater mussel beds on the ...

When it comes to procreating, one fish that returns to the Columbia River each year has it figured out. The American shad, an interloper to the Pacific Northwest, discovered early on that they were a ...

Dam removal improves spawning grounds for American shad and seems likely to improve survival rates for adult fish, juveniles and eggs -- but for different reasons. The researchers focused on a small ...

This past weekend's B.A.S.S. Elite event on Kentucky Lake should be instructive to North Alabama anglers, because Kentucky Lake is part of the same TVA system that includes Guntersville, Wheeler, ...

It’s part swirling tub of green canal water, part bordello. The shad spawning tank in Easton’s Hugh Moore Park received a $6,000 donation from PPL Corp. on Thursday as well as an underwater camera ...

As the bass spawn begins to wind down each spring, the shad spawn begins to peak. And that's good news for anglers who know how to take advantage of this bounty. Young Ryan Winchester and Jake Lee, ...

For most of their lives, shad – a group of fish in the the herring family – live in the ocean. But each spring – or so the story goes – as the shadbush bursts into bloom, they run up the Delaware Bay, ...

Although throwing topwater baits is exciting, expecting those explosive blow-ups, reaction baits with better hook-up ratios will put more fish in your boat during Tennessee River reservoir shad-spawns ...

Shad spawns can pay off big, but bass pros who win big money don’t go all in on them. To catch big bass all day during a shad spawn, you gotta know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold ‘em. In an ...

Research from North Carolina State University finds that dam removal improves spawning grounds for American shad and seems likely to improve survival rates for adult fish, juveniles and eggs – but for ...