LITTLE ROCK — As far as I can tell, there are only two good reasons to fish for skipjack herring. Neither has anything to do with the fish's culinary qualities, for skipjacks are about as edible as ...

Water levels are one of the most important factors in shad fishing. They can change from day to day and season to season and are one thing that people have no control over. So here are some things you ...

Claim to fame: Although the gizzard shad’s tasteless flesh has no “skillet appeal” for anglers and the fish are seldom caught, this fish plays an important role in Missouri fishing. Young gizzard 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 ...

Some of the very best times I've had fly-fishing have been chasing around the American shad, including right in our own area in the Hudson River. Shad are a fish that were made with fishing in mind ­­ ...

While talking with a couple of Lake Mead fishermen recently, the subject turned to gizzard shad. Since they showed up in Lake Mead in 2007, gizzards have displaced threadfin shad as both the primary ...

ARKANSAS RIVER (MORRILTON) Black bass fishing is excellent in the shallows with big Storm Thunder Sticks and white chatterbaits. White bass are biting shad or pearl crankbaits around most of the ...

In an effort to report the most up-to-date information on fishing in the Midstate, The Tennessean has asked for contributions from several avid anglers. They will report on their latest trips as well ...

In an early May Bass Pro Tour tournament on the Tennessee River, Major League Fishing pro David Walker explained the importance of playing your cards right when a shad-spawn bite goes bust, switching ...

Skipjack tuna at a fish market in the Philippines Obsidian Soul via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ...