It’s the subtleties that can make the difference between catching no shad and potentially one worth about $20,000 this week in the Easton-Phillipsburg area. The 14th annual Bi-State Shad Fishing ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is launching a comprehensive creel survey from March through July amid declining adult shad spawning runs.

It’s not easy to win the Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest as evidenced by the fact that the tournament started in 2011 has never had a repeat winner. However, that doesn’t stop American shad angling ...

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 ...

spring in search of their ancestral spawning grounds. Following the spawning American shad from Trenton north to Hancock, N.Y., are thousands of anglers who anxiously cast colorful lead “darts” and ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! American shad were a major food source for early European settlers and Native ...

Steve Merserve, operator of the Lewis Fishery in Lambertville, and his crew of volunteers fish for Shad in the Delaware River on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Merserve is grandson of the late commercial ...

EASTON, Pa. — We'll head to the Delaware River for the annual shad run. Rusty Held is an accomplished guide on the river and knows what it takes to put this fun fighting fish in the boat.

MILFORD – Like aliens from some foreign port, American shad have invaded the Delaware River. Each year hundreds of thousands of shad averaging about 4 pounds each migrate up the 330-mile river that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a coastal state filled with ponds, streams and other bodies of water, Delaware is brimming with fishing opportunities. But ...