Last week we took a look at why shad are such an appealing gamefish in spring as they surge up coastal rivers to breed in ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) — Anglers come in droves to fish each year during the hickory shad run at the James River near downtown Richmond, a purpose that brings them together in more ways than one ...

Spirit of Moonpie and I spent March 26-28 on the Blackwater above Joyner’s Bridge. The water was high at 8.86 on the Burdette ...

(WFXR) — Virginia is home to many rivers ... our tidal rivers at this time of the year.” Shad, both hickory and American, are known as the fish that fed America. Colonists and native Americans ...