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 came as no surprise that the winning catch in this year’s Forks of the Delaware Shad Fishing Tournament was caught on a “shad spoon.” Bill Gordon of Media hooked his 7.90-pound roe shad on the ...

spring in search of their ancestral spawning grounds. Following the spawning American shad from Trenton north to Hancock, N.Y., are thousands of anglers who anxiously cast colorful lead “darts” and ...

This spring, I wanted to learn how to shad fish from one of the best. So, I picked up the telephone and dialed George Magaro’s number. Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring. “Hi. You’ve reached Shad Pappy. Leave a ...