A first look at LIVETARGET’s new topwater Commotion Shad lure. Built to target apex predators like bass, pike, and musky for the top water explosive eats. Catching fish on topwater lures is among the ...

Tom Clifford fishes for shad under Chain Bridge, on the District side of the Potomac. He's holding a lure called a Nungesser, above which is a shad dart. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective ...

The annual shad run is under way. Anglers have been scoring in the Farmington and Connecticut Rivers for about a week now. Towns bordering the Connecticut River east of Hartford are gearing up for ...

Anglers who enjoy trying different kinds of fishing should consider visiting the Blewett Falls Dam tailrace during the next couple weeks or so. The annual migratory spawning run of American shad up ...