For most of his career, Shad Mayfield has done what the best of the best do, keep going. Born into a rodeo family and raised with a rope in his hand, Mayfield’s path through the sport felt almost ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Lake Erie’s huge schools of walleye are gorging themselves on gizzard shad right now, including toothy females fattening up for the spring spawning season arriving in March and April ...

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 ...

The widow of a Los Angeles doctor gunned down outside his family medicine practice last year is suing his ex-wife and four others, who are accused of orchestrating a brazen alleged murder-for-hire ...

The family of a Woodland Hills doctor who was gunned down outside his clinic is suing his ex-wife, whom prosecutors say orchestrated his murder. Ghazal Simorgh, the widow of Dr. Hamid Mirshojae, still ...

A thrilling fishing adventure focused on catching massive shad using a cast net, showcasing precise techniques, skillful net handling, and the excitement of landing these impressive fish. Donald Trump ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Ozarks Public Television’s new documentary, “Shad Heller: Master of His Craft”, premiered on June 9. The creators dropped by the history radio show, Sharing Stories of the ...

Although throwing topwater baits is exciting, expecting those explosive blow-ups, reaction baits with better hook-up ratios will put more fish in your boat during Tennessee River reservoir shad-spawns ...

In Budapest, protesters gathered on Fővám Square Sunday afternoon before marching silently across the Freedom Bridge. The demonstration was a symbolic act against a draft law that critics say is ...

In an early May Bass Pro Tour tournament on the Tennessee River, Major League Fishing pro David Walker explained the importance of playing your cards right when a shad-spawn bite goes bust, switching ...

If history is any teacher, we will have another three weeks until 2025’s shad spawn on our local reservoirs comes to an end, and with it one of the two best windows of fishing opportunity of the year.