Gizzard shad are not a gamefish nor are they considered edible by humans, but for bass anglers their life-cycle takes on special interest in spring, when they spawn from the end of April to late June ...

Shad spawns can pay off big, but bass pros who win big money don’t go all in on them. To catch big bass all day during a shad spawn, you gotta know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold ‘em. In an ...

MONETA, Va. (WFXR) — This is the time of year to target striped bass in shallow water at Smith Mountain Lake. That is because the fish move in close after dark to feast on the thousands of gizzard ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Anglers organization has been created by an area group of avid fishermen.

Take a moment today to thank a lowly fish called the gizzard shad. The silvery, 15-inch creature has two claims to fame: It feeds fish that people enjoy catching, like blue catfish, and it helps ...

Submitted photo A reader sent this photo of dead fish along the shoreline of Lake Milton. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Ohio Division of Wildlife, said they are gizzard shad and were ...

We've all sung the post-spawn bass fishing blues. Life is good in April, when largemouths hit anything you throw wherever you go. When the spawn passes, anglers roam familiar haunts trying to rekindle ...

Dead gizzard shad float on the surface of the Cedar River near the boat launch at Ellis Harbor in northwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Monday, Mar. 10, 2025. Chris Mack a fisheries biologist with the Iowa ...