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 ...

I had to be tall enough to wear hip boots. That was the rule, and from the time I was 4 until my 8-year-old legs met the criteria, that rule really pissed me off. I’d sit on the basement steps while ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...