Hickory Shad

Species Information

Scientific Name:	Alosa mediocris
Common Names:	Hickory Shad
Environment:	Inshore, Surf
Ideal Temp:

About Hickory Shad

Hickory Shad Fishing

World Record:
# Fish Caught:	15449 documented in database.
Earliest Record:	1/1/1871 12:00:00 AM and located at 38.89511, -77.03637.
Latest Record:	4/19/2024 7:47:00 PM and located at 34.74215, -76.72807.
Common Techniques:	Bottom Fishing
Popular Lure Types:	Bottom Rig
Fishing Spots:	0 Hickory Shad fishing spots.

Latest Hickory Shad Fishing Reports and Spots

Opening day - 4/19/2024 7:47:00 PM

  Opening Day High expectations with consistent turkey sightings on the trail cameras including a pair of brother velociraptors with beards dra (View)

Slow Going in RI - 7/16/2023 4:12:00 PM

 I've posted very little recently and that should tell you I am catching very little.  Still trying almost daily but not having a lot of succes (View)

Photo of the Day.....A Near Slot - 11/27/2022 7:58:00 PM

  I landed this near slot this evening just after dark. Fishing was slow for the most part today with only 2 stripers and a few hickory shad wh (View)

Georgia Fishing Report: March 4 2022 - 3/4/2022 12:16:20 PM

What better way to get you excited about fishing than to tell you about a NEW State Record Fish! Timmy Woods of Kite Ga reeled in an 2 lb 10 oz (View)

American Shad Fishing Q&A - 12/20/2021 5:09:54 PM

Every year nature serves up a Christmas gift for central Florida anglers in the form of anadromous ocean fish that migrate up the St Johns Rive (View)

The Year in Review- Grading 2021 - 12/25/2021 10:51:00 AM

  Slot limit stripers were around in very good numbers this years.  Shore fishing and kayak fishing was very productive. This past year was ano (View)

Bottom Line- They're Still Around! - 12/4/2021 8:14:00 PM

Here's another one that was landed tonight. Earlier in the week I landed two slot limit keepers after dark.    Here's a hefty schoolie that was (View)

Weather Calms Down; Fishing Lights Up - 11/2/2021 9:05:00 PM

 It was back to blitz-like conditions today as I found big numbers of stripers and hickory shad feeding on acres and acres of bay anchovies. At (View)

Hickory Shad Gone Wild! - 11/4/2021 8:41:00 PM

 It's been a big fall for hickory shad as they are around in record numbers this year.  They seem to pop up everywhere in big numbers where the (View)

April 21 2016 - 4/21/2016 3:45:01 PM

Striped bass are in Vineyard waters!!! Okay they're small but they still pull on light tackle and fly. Bottom water temperatures are still a bi (View)