LITTLE ROCK — As far as I can tell, there are only two good reasons to fish for skipjack herring. Neither has anything to do with the fish's culinary qualities, for skipjacks are about as edible as ...

Some of the very best times I've had fly-fishing have been chasing around the American shad, including right in our own area in the Hudson River. Shad are a fish that were made with fishing in mind ­­ ...

Claim to fame: Although the gizzard shad’s tasteless flesh has no “skillet appeal” for anglers and the fish are seldom caught, this fish plays an important role in Missouri fishing. Young gizzard shad ...

From Northern Florida to the Canadian Maritimes, American shad flood coastal rivers every spring. Their annual spawning run from far out in the Atlantic is historically significant: it provided a ...

Deer season ended more than a month ago and it's just about that long before turkey season opens. So what do Lowcountry outdoorsmen do to fill the void? For many, it's chasing after a fish called the ...

In an early May Bass Pro Tour tournament on the Tennessee River, Major League Fishing pro David Walker explained the importance of playing your cards right when a shad-spawn bite goes bust, switching ...

Skipjack tuna at a fish market in the Philippines Obsidian Soul via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ...