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 ...

From Northern Florida to the Canadian Maritimes, American shad flood coastal rivers every spring ... you’re not getting them. You’re not going to lure a fish off its line because not only is it not ...

American shad are green or greenish-blue with metallic ... They stop feeding during their spawning run, but will hit a well-presented lure on reflex. Historically the sport fishery is mostly ...

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 ...

Let the lure drift downstream and expect the fish to hit just before the line straightens out and hang on. The creel limit for American shad in Connecticut waters is six fish per man per day.

One of the most anticipated events of the post-Christmas season is the arrival of shad migrating up Lowcountry ... Their biggest catfish is around 40 pounds. The lure of choice is a tiny curly ...

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 ...

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