Every spring, American shad and hickory shad leave the ... Tom had been using a Kastmaster lure or a shad dart, a lure that looks like a miniature badminton shuttlecock, its brightly-colored ...

In my experience, lure color seems to be more important ... beyond the upper jaw when the mouth is shut. The American shad has a terminal mouth, meaning the lower jaw fits evenly under the upper ...

The so-called shad dart is still a favorite lure. According to the Connecticut River Coordinator's Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, American shad, the largest of the herring family ...

As time passes, Virginians are further and further removed from a time when American shad were culturally and economically relevant.

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 ...