There are shad on the West Coast, too, most notably in the Columbia River. But they're mere interlopers from the East Coast, having been transplanted there in the 1880s.. In its native rivers, the ...

There will still be shad around for a couple weeks more, but the run is winding down. Also, state fisheries managers closed the Columbia River below Bonneville to the retention of summer Chinook ...

Shad was a popular meal in early America, but its oily, bony flesh does not appeal to many modern American palates. Nearly all of the Lewis fishery’s customers are now from India, ...