The first basic rule of fishing is: fish where the fish are. So, if you knew that there were over a million fish swimming in a nearby river right this very moment, wouldn’t you go fishing to try to ...

Major League Fishing pro David Walker taught in an impromptu "Shad Spawn 101" class in early May while fishing on camera in an MLF Now! Livestream of the Bass Pro Tour’s Stage 4 tournament on ...

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 ...

Many areas in this country have iconic species that add to the sense of place for the people who live there. The Texas Gulf Coast is busy working to restore the iconic Kemp’s ridley sea turtle. Here ...

A pending parking ordinance in Phillipsburg may scare off the annual Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest. There is “a very good chance” the contest heads six miles upriver if the Delaware River town imposes ...

A striped bass, possibly the first of the season caught from the surf, was landed in Beach Haven. Shad fishing is improving on the Delaware River, with a recent haul of 10 buck shad and 7 females.