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 ...

To catch boatloads of big Tennessee River bass during a shad spawn, Major League Fishing Pro David Walker spends his mornings casting reaction baits and finesse rigs at freshwater mussel beds on the ...

Although throwing topwater baits is exciting, expecting those explosive blow-ups, reaction baits with better hook-up ratios will put more fish in your boat during Tennessee River reservoir shad-spawns ...

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 ...