From Northern Florida to Maine, American and hickory shad leave the ocean and pile into coastal rivers every spring to spawn. I’d argue that every East Coast angler should learn how to catch shad. In ...

Clockwise, from top left: minnow, crayfish, sunfish, shad, frog, and grasshopper. Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards ...

Fishing is in transition from winter to spring tactics. Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said striped bass fishing is good in the Prairie Creek area with brood minnows or shad. The ...