WASHINGTON – Dozens of springtime festivals are devoted to this type of fish that is so endangered, it’s now off limits to fishermen. But in the Potomac River, the American shad is making a comeback.

The shad run is now in full swing in the tidal Potomac River and other coastal tributaries in Maryland and Virginia. The spring spawning run begins in mid-March when water temperatures reach the ...

It took a few months, but Maryland has a new fishing record for 2022. A man in Maryland broke a 2017 record after catching a large muskie in the Potomac River. According to state officials, this is ...

The influx of shad into the warming tidal tributaries along the Atlantic seaboard will soon lure anglers to the shores of the Susquehanna River in Maryland and the lower Potomac River in Washington, D ...

A true sign of spring in Chesapeake Country, the American and hickory shad run is off to a great start throughout much of these anadromous fishes spawning range. Usually, hickories show up in the ...

Of all the fish that swim in the sea, few are as easy to catch as shad. That's because you don't have to go to sea to catch them. Each spring they come barreling back to the rivers where they were ...