The questions usually begin in late January: "Heard anything about the shad? Anybody catching them?" Every spring American shad make their way from the ocean and head up Lowcountry rivers to spawn.

As our early spring appears to be here to stay, we are now experiencing one of the several significant events in the annual ...

Here’s a bit of advice from grunion guru Jim Serpa: Don’t give up. “If they don’t run, wait an hour more. They almost always run early in the season,” said Serpa, a retired State Parks ranger who for ...

Minneapolis church volunteers share what it takes to run an annual fish fry Posted: February 21, 2026 | Last updated: February 21, 2026 For 25 years, a Minneapolis church has marked Lent with hot ...

How the 1,760-yard distance survived the metric takeover – and some of the historic mile moments we’ve seen so far The mile is just like the 1500m – but not. Measuring 1609.34m, or 1760 yards, the ...

The annual shad run along the Rappahannock River in Stafford County is one of Virginia's most captivating spring spectacles, transforming the river into a bustling theater of nature.

Mid-March 2026 spring Chinook, steelhead, sturgeon and walleye catch stats for the Lower Columbia, lower Willamette and select Southwest Washington tributaries.