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The American shad  is a species of anadromous fish distributed from southern Labrador to northern Florida. American shad are in family Clupeidae of order Clupeiformes. They are not closely related to the other North American shads. Rather,

I had my second broiled White Shad of the season today. Great eating and highly recommended for those of you that like a fish that tasted like a fish and arent afraid of a few bones. Well actually a bone in every bite. But worth it. This glorious fis

Nothing like an Andrew Dice Clay joke. Unfornately. Two days of casting off the bank sandwiched around a day of hauling my Daddy ftom Harborview on the MHC Waterfront to a Greenville NC Doctor's Office when a simply phone call would've worked

Fished with Joe and Ryan in the dark for stripers on the fly. Fishing was excellent for schoolie stripers and we also caught weakfish and hickory shads. It was nonstop action. Pro Tip: Match the hatch. Be aware of what the fish are eating and choose

Schoolies continue to be around in huge numbers.  I haven't posted in a few days.  That's not because I haven't been fishing.  In fact I have fished the last 3 out of 4 days and there has been little change in the fishing.

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 River to spawn. Fishing for American shad and their smaller cousin the hickory shad is unlike any other fisher

  Slot limit stripers were around in very good numbers this years.  Shore fishing and kayak fishing was very productive. This past year was another banner year for stripers here in RI.   Just like last year they were the highlight of

 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 there is small bait.  They are great fighters on light tackle.  Small jigs and teaser

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  I caught this schoolie along with many more today in a backwater location. The bucktail jig was a hot lure today. The stripers are really spreading out. Those massive numbers of stripers that are now migrating along the RI oceanfront are also

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 hickory shad from the Ogeechee River on February 20. This same river produced the last state record hickor

Ben Pickering holds a  schoolie landed after dark. The hot action continued into darkness.   For me it has been one blitz after another for the month of October thus far.  Striper fishing this month has been phenomenal here in RI.&nbs

 Several days back I went down to one of my spots along the RI oceanfront.  Immediately I discovered the place was alive with fish something I hadn't seen since the springtime.  I saw birds working way out. I saw schools of chub m

Party boat daytime trips along the Shore have been mostly for jigging small blues inshore lately and Capt. Howard Bogan Jr. of the Jamaica from Brielle said even that was poor on Sunday. However Bogan reporteda big change today as blues up to 15 pou

 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 times the water was black with bait moving southward and the predators were hitting them from below

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 bit chilly in the high 40's (47-48 degrees) but that is not deterring schoolie size striped bass fro

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 landed this afternoon along the  oceanfront. I was out fishing saltwater two days

  Big blues have joined the fray looking for tons of small  baitfish along the oceanfront. Add big bluefish to the species of fish that are attacking the hordes of bait that have moved in along the RI oceanfront.  Yesterday I found a

It's been a hot week for stripers of all sizes. The fishing is hot along the oceanfront.  It has been one of my best starts to the month of November.  I have landed over 70 stripers with some hefty keepers a few huge bluefish and dozen