Ever since I was a little kid who used to ride his bike to Liberty Reservoir, one of the most effective lures in my scant arsenal of baits was the shad dart. For those of you who don’t know, the shad ...

From Northern Florida to the Canadian Maritimes, American shad flood coastal rivers every spring. Their annual spawning run from far out in the Atlantic is historically significant: it provided a ...

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 ...

Ronnie Gotzon doesn’t fish, but he is one of the hottest lure salesmen at the Forks of the Delaware Shad Tournament. The proprietor of Gotzon Getzit Lures and Tackle in Northampton, Gotzon and his ...

Surrounded by historical development at the end of the Oregon Trail, there is still a residual wildness at the base of the falls at Oregon City.(Gary Lewis/For The Bulletin) Once an old-timer told me, ...

You might say there was something fishy going on in Bethlehem yesterday. It was the day of the shad – a unique-tasting, oily, herring-like fish that has become awfully popular in Pennsylvania. So ...