It’s the subtleties that can make the difference between catching no shad and potentially one worth about $20,000 this week in the Easton-Phillipsburg area. The 14th annual Bi-State Shad Fishing ...

An American shad is netted April 19, 2016, after being caught on the Delaware River by Eric Fistler, organizer of the Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest.

To those who cast their nets into the Delaware River each spring, hoping for a bounty of shad, it’s a tradition worth saving.

Steve Merserve, operator of the Lewis Fishery in Lambertville, and his crew of volunteers fish for Shad in the Delaware River. Merserve is grandson of the late commercial shad fisherman Fred Lewis ...

The 2023 shad run has been epic. The fishing was so good recently that it turned into a friendly fishing competition between friends.

Anglers vying for cash prizes are dialing in their approach to catching American shad from boats or while wading in the Easton-Phillipsburg area.