The annual threadfin shad spawn is now in full swing on Belton Lake. Most every morning, millions of these small forage fish, each roughly 3½ inches in length, transition rapidly from deep water up ...

RUSSELLVILLE — Anglers competing in the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament this week will find Lake Dardanelle much different than the one they fished in 2005 and 2007. The main difference is that the ...

If you mention "shad" to most anglers, what comes to mind is the small baitfish that is a popular forage food for black bass and stripers. Gizzard and threadfin shad are small species that rarely ...

This past week I fished Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir exclusively with seven parties between Monday and Friday. Catches ranged from a low of 101 fish to a high of 133 fish, and averaged 110 fish per ...

While talking with a couple of Lake Mead fishermen recently, the subject turned to gizzard shad. Since they showed up in Lake Mead in 2007, gizzards have displaced threadfin shad as both the primary ...

It was an especially bad morning to be a threadfin shad - not that any morning is particularly pleasant when you are the freshwater equivalent of a silvery potato chip in a world filled with hungry ...

Staff at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission hatcheries throughout the state work in the colder months to improve future fishing conditions. More than 4 million threadfin shad have been raised in ...

HEBER SPRINGS (AGFC) – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has initiated a project to bring excellent fishing back to Greers Ferry Lake, and it all starts with what is on the menu. Early in 2015, ...

Masses of spawning threadfin shad have begun running the shorelines and boat dock edges this week. This early morning event has ignited a feeding frenzy among the black bass clan. My recent clients ...

When longtime Lake Powell fisheries biologist Wayne Gustaveson looks back on the the 2014 fishing year, he might be thankful for a silvery little fish that sustains the lake's entire food pyramid.