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 ...
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Many areas in this country have icon species that add richness to the sense of place, but dams built in Connecticut and Massachusetts in the 1700s ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— NOAA Fisheries announced today that the Alabama shad may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act. Alabama shad have been completely wiped out from 60 of the 75 Southeast ...
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 ...