As time passes, Virginians are further and further removed from a time when American shad were culturally and economically relevant.

Those factors contributed to the bait’s early success, but Gibson says the Swim Shad ultimately took off because, quite simply, it caught loads of fish. Not long after the lure hit shelves ...

If history is any teacher, we will have another three weeks until 2025’s shad spawn on our local reservoirs comes to an end, ...

Fishheart Ltd., a company based in Finland, has started a three-year project at the Tunnel Hydropower Plant in Preston, ...

“It can be 50 fish,” Mr. Meserve said, “or nothing at all.” At its peak, the fishery took in more than 9,000 shad annually. Today, that number is in the hundreds.Credit...Bryan Anselm for ...