Shad

Shad can be caught regardless of weather, time, or season using Magic Bait. What is the best way to catch shad? The best bait for… Read More »How Do You Catch A Shad Stardew?

The gizzard shad commonly resides in freshwater lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and streams, but can reside in brackish waters, as it does on the Atlantic coast… Read More »Are Gizzard Shads Salt Water?

Ecology: Gizzard Shad are primarily found in large rivers, reservoirs, lakes, swamps, and other freshwater environments with turbidity ranging from clear to silty. Its preference… Read More »Where Is Gizzard Shad In River?

Like all herring species, gizzard shad are schooling fish. They prefer quiet areas of large rivers and estuaries, but may occasionally enter marine waters. They… Read More »Where Do Gizzard Shad Live?

Find live shad for sale in Texas at Henneke Hatchery to introduce to a lake or pond, or to raise as shad. Call us at… Read More »Can You Buy Live Shad In Texas?

Persons collecting shad for use as bait or stock in private lakes would need a permit if their container volume exceeds 82 quarts. A permit… Read More »Can You Sell Shad In Texas?

Gizzard Shad have the typical herring body shape with a deep, oblong body that is strongly compressed laterally. Color ranges from bright silvery-blue on the… Read More »What Do Gizzard Shad Look Like?

The American shad has a terminal mouth where the lower jaw fits evenly under the upper jaw when the mouth is closed. The hickory shad… Read More »How Can You Tell American Shad?

Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) – Species Profile. Size: 52 cm. Native Range: Southern Great Lakes Region, Mississippi, Atlantic, and Gulf Slope drainages from Quebec to… Read More »Are Gizzard Shad Native To The Great Lakes?

You can easily identify an American Shad because is a silvery fish with a single dorsal fin in the middle of the back. There is… Read More »How Do I Identify Shad?