The sky was overcast and dark as Walker made repeated casts with a Chatterbait, cranking it back over a freshwater mussel colony atop a shallow, offshore bar on which gizzard shad were spawning.

Fish in the 10-pound range were reported at several main lake locations as the hybrids feast on gizzard shad. Anglers are hooking up by casting shad-sized topwater lures and trolling crankbaits.

Last week, prolific psych-rockers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announced their 27th album Phantom Island and shared the title track. Unsurprisingly, they are nowhere near slowing down ...

In the waning days of winter, a particular species of fish ill-suited for the Minnesota cold — the gizzard shad — is prone toward going belly-up on the Mississippi in the southern part of the ...

Gizzard shad are at the bottom of the food chain among lake fish, and the bass, bluegill and muskie all feed on them. If bait fish like gizzard shad die off more, the other fish will be hungrier ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources fielded a series of calls last week after ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the fish killed are American gizzard shad, which are a weaker fish. Chris Mack, a DNR spokesman, says the department was notified and investigated the ...

The food kitchen known as “The Gizzard Store” will serve its last customers from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. inside the Manor Food Mart #1 convenience store at Manor Road and Loyola Lane. That’s where ...

Shall we look at the second question? Autumn delicacy, it must be hard to see gizzard shad. [Reporter] There is an old saying that if you smell the gizzard, your daughter-in-law will return ...

It looks similar to the gizzard shad, a species native to ... Along with being a marketplace protein for people, the Alabama shad was also an important food source for larger fish, mammals and ...

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Late in the season when winter-killed gizzard shad appear in Midwestern lakes and rivers, mallard ducks will often gorge themselves on this short-lived, albeit abundant food source, putting them ...