The Georgia Department of Natural Resource's Wildlife Resources Division posted about the record on social media. Timmy Woods of Kite Georgia reeled in a 2 lb, 10 oz hickory shad, according to the ...

A Georgia angler has reeled a state-record hickory shad from the same river that had produced the previous record. Timmy Woods of Kite, Ga., was fishing recently on the Ogeechee River when the 2-pound ...

I’M NOT MUCH of a fish counter, except for when it comes to false albacore—and even then, the action can get so crazy that I forget if I’ve landed four and lost three or vice versa or some equation ...

Anglers have long used different environmental phenomena to mark the onset of their sporting seasons. For example, many fishermen maintain that when eastern North Carolina’s ubiquitous dogwoods begin ...

An annual rite of spring in Virginia is underway. The hickory and American shad runs are in their early stages, but some fish are being taken in Chesapeake Bay tributaries. Shad return from the sea ...

A few years back, we were fly fishing in the shallows at the mouth of the Housatonic when the angler standing next to me saw his line become taut. We figured it was either a small striped bass or ...

A true sign of spring in Chesapeake Country, the American and hickory shad run is off to a great start throughout much of these anadromous fishes spawning range. Usually, hickories show up in the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) — An angler named David reeled up and pulled the shiny silver fish up the rocks and on to the bank. It was a hickory shad, the species David was looking for. David, who did not ...

—and even then, the action can get so crazy that I forget if I’ve landed four and lost three or vice versa or some equation that only approximates that. And then I forget that I’m trying to keep count ...