It came as no surprise that the winning catch in this year’s Forks of the Delaware Shad Fishing Tournament was caught on a “shad spoon.” Bill Gordon of Media hooked his 7.90-pound roe shad on the ...

EASTON – Each spring, the annual Forks of the Delaware Shad Fishing Tournament draws people from throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region and beyond to the waters of the Delaware River to try their hand at ...

The temptation for a lot of American shad anglers putting in at Easton or Phillipsburg is to stay around the Delaware River's confluence with the Lehigh River. Or they go upstream, so if their boat ...

Black and purple were the flutter spoon choice of colors Tuesday as I fished for shad on the Delaware River with Grant Scott of Hobo Charters. Storm clouds darkened the sky. “Dark days, dark colors.

Striped bass are scattered from Rocky Branch park to Beaver Dam. Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said good live baits for stripers include brood minnows, sunfish or shad. Flutter spoons ...

The ninth annual Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest was the biggest one yet, once you discount the size of the winning fish. A total of 1,072 people entered this year’s tournament on the Delaware River, ...

Despite the oppressive heat of July, fishing can be the most fruitful and varied of the year. In fact, some anglers contend July’s consistently hot weather is one reason the fishing is so superb. July ...

I thought I detected a snub to Susquehanna River anglers when I read that the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission recently floated the idea of allowing catch-and-relase angling for American shad on ...

Shoreline anglers have to do some long-distance casting to get at migrating shad. That makes the use of certain types of equipment, lighter lines and better casting skills a must. One of the main ...