The prize was an American shad -- probably the most important ... In 1992, biologists began stocking millions of hatchery-raised baby shad upriver from the Bosher Dam just west of the Willey ...

Anglers chase American shad in the Delaware River, Thursday, April 20, 2023, during day one of the Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest at Phillipsburg-Easton.Get Photo Anglers chase American shad in the ...

Each year, baby eels — known as elvers — embark ... when it comes to helping a third type of fish: the American shad. Sometimes referred to as "the fish that fed the nation's founders ...

American shad — fish that migrate from oceans to rivers every spring to spawn — are making a comeback in New England’s longest coastal river without dams. That’s the goal behind a new ...

Tom is a native Washingtonian. So is the shad. Every spring, American shad and hickory shad leave the ocean to return to their places of birth, swimming up Atlantic tributaries from Newfoundland t ...

SACRAMENTO – The American shad is one of the most popular and yet most mysterious fish that anglers pursue on California’s Central Valley rivers in the spring. Shad are known for the great ...

They’re vying for the top cash prize estimated at $20,000 that’s part of the top-10 payout, in addition to three daily prizes for the heaviest American shad. The grand prize has held steady in ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A fish ladder will be open to the public to watch American Shad migrate upstream this Sunday. The Westfield River Watershed Association (WRWA) expects hundreds ...

It’s a non-native fish competing for space: the American shad. At Lower Granite Dam on the Lower Snake River in southeastern Washington, American shad hang out in the fish ladder. A few years ...