He's holding a lure called a Nungesser, above which is a shad dart. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly Tuesday after work I met Tom Clifford so he could show me two bits of ...

What they will do, however, is smack a shad dart, grub, or flutter spoon out of annoyance. In order to annoy them, that lure has got to be right in their faces. As they advance upriver, your offering ...

The key, Kollar said, "Is to find the slow moving water near the structure and use shad darts." Shad darts have long been a tried and true tactic for the shad angler. However, most fishermen have ...

He’d unclip his heavy rubber chest waders from the pipe on the ceiling. He’d zip his box of shad darts into one pocket of his fishing vest and a few packs of True menthols into the other. The next ...

He has created what he calls the world’s largest and smallest shad darts. Weighing more than 100 pounds, the concrete lure which sits in front of Gotzon’s stand is too heavy to be used.

Line should be strong enough to lean into a hard-driving fish, but light enough to break off a shad dart or lure when we inevitably hang up on the bottom. Bait-casting tackle is popular ...

“The biggest one I caught was 35 and a half pounds.” For shad, it’s all about picking the right color dart or flutter spoon that’ll pique the fish’s interest. The weigh station is ...

If there is a fish in this world that has it figured out it is the American shad. Given every obstacle in its way, the shad not only is surviving, it is thriving. When the runs of steelhead and ...

A combination of brightly colored sinking flies, small shad darts and chrome or gold spoons. The action is not expected to last much longer as water temperatures in the lower Susquehanna reached ...

but the most popular way is to cast for them with small shad darts, spinners, or spoons. A popular location to fish for them is Ancarrow’s Landing in Richmond, though they can be taken from ...

Blackburn Youth Darts Academy and Shad Chefs Man Hub are going head-to-head for a charity fundraiser. The money raised will go towards supporting both organisations. This will have the youth ...