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 has been nearly four decades since Rusty Held was bitten by the American shad fishing bug. Introduced to angling for the anadromous fish by a good friend, the South Whitehall Township resident was ...

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 ...

Catching American shad on the flooded waters of the Delaware River is a daunting task. Boat ramps are under water, debris is floating everywhere and water currents are extremely dangerous. However, a ...

This spring, I wanted to learn how to shad fish from one of the best. So, I picked up the telephone and dialed George Magaro’s number. Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring. “Hi. You’ve reached Shad Pappy. Leave a ...