Although salmon is one of the most popular fish varieties to cook, it isn't the only fatty, rich, and buttery fish you should be eating. For another super-tasty, lesser-known fish, try American shad.

North Carolina health officials have recommended limits on eating certain freshwater fish from the Cape Fear River. "Forever chemicals" were found in all species that were tested.

After shad, the next most important forage fish is perch and other small sunfish. Bluegills top this list in many water bodies, but bass will also eat redears, pumpkinseeds, green sunfish, and every ...

As for artificial lures, shad imitations or 4- to 6-inch grubs on a lead-head jig will work when the fish are feeling feisty. What Do Flathead Catfish Eat? Flathead catfish.

When Great Lakes Finesse products were first introduced into the market, they made a finesse fishing wave so large it now ...

The anadromous — fish that spend portions of their life in both fresh and saltwater — American shad, or Alosa sapidissima, was a major commercial fishery along the Atlantic coast until the ...

HOLYOKE — After hours of casting and waiting, Gail Weeks finally hooked a shad. As the Chicopee resident reeled in the fighting fish, her brother grabbed a net to help her land her quarry ...

No way! Except that these silvery fish are close kin to herring and American shad that we do eat, despite their bony internal architecture. A century ago, fishermen in New England picked through the ...

In 2023, can Elwood, a Philly restaurant focused on old Pennsylvania food, win over diners with shad and snapping turtle?

As salmon and steelhead swim upstream, they’re now facing one more challenge in fish ladders. It’s a non-native fish competing for space: the American shad.