Think safety first when it comes to winter fishing. Beware of ice on boat ramps during subfreezing temperatures. Watch for ice that may form in the backs of coves. Smaller lakes may freeze completely ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Stormtracker 8 Meteorologist Matt DiNardo was joined by special guest Captain Simón Valencia in the WRIC NOW livestreaming studio on Wednesday, Jan. 8 to talk about spring shad ...

Striped bass are scattered over the south half of Beaver Lake, said Jon Conklin, fishing guide. Locate schools of shad with electronics and striped bass should be nearby feeding on shad. Gulls also ...

The questions usually begin in late January: "Heard anything about the shad? Anybody catching them?" Every spring American shad make their way from the ocean and head up Lowcountry rivers to spawn.

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 ...

Anglers have long used different environmental phenomena to mark the onset of their sporting seasons. For example, many fishermen maintain that when eastern North Carolina’s ubiquitous dogwoods begin ...

Undoubtedly, we are due for another cold snap. After all, it's Southeastern Wildlife Expo time. But the recent spell of warming weather, with average daytime temperatures hovering in the mid- to ...

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

Bass Pro Shops’ Spring Fishing Classic deals event is one of the perfect times to restock your tacklebox, as all the lures ...