Match up Shad are maybe the best known bass forage, with myriad lures imitating them. The two most popular species are gizzard shad and threadfin shad. While they are very similar, there are a few ...

This shoal of gizzard shad spotted in an estuary on the Thames ... Hanbidge pulled out his cell phone and started sharing the images of the huge shoal of fish with others. " ...

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.

Thousands and thousands of gizzard shad are dead and anglers in the area are wondering why. Fish experts say this kill is just part of winter. Just downstream from Lock No. 5, fish are frozen in time.

The fish kind. A fish with a gizzard, more appropriately named gizzard shad. They, and their cousin, the treadfin, make wonderful striper bait, as was recently proven by two anglers fishing the ...

It’s just the gizzard shad, conveniently and reliably perishing so others might live. The shad seemingly exist to breed and be eaten. They also don’t tolerate cold well — this is the ...

The rub is that there’s also an unusually large number of gizzard shad, their favorite food, all around. “Your lure is just one of tens of thousands of baitfish in front of them,” he said.

Fall is upon us. With longer nights and cold fronts, the leaves begin to turn, the waters cool and the fish move shallow. One predictable pattern this time of year is the migration of shad into ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Some researchers have had a "Finding Nemo" moment in Burnham Harbor. The Shedd Aquarium's Solomon David says they look to see what's happening under the surface of Chicago's ...

Stadig added results from a summer trawling survey put another food source, the tiny fish called gizzard shad, well below its population average. "There was a lot of anecdotal reports of lots of ...