American Shad

Mild, Then Hot Spring Fishing

Post published:May 3, 2024
Post category:Reports

Has the shad run in Central Maryland started cooling off or is it firing on all cylinders? A week's worth of fishing gives us some answers

Shad Fishing Slam

Post published:April 19, 2024
Post category:Reports

The upper Patuxent River continues to offer a glimpse of how well the shad runs have been this spring throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed

Spring Shad Runs Starting Early

Post published:April 3, 2024
Post category:Reports Tactics

The reports are in...early! Hickory and American shad are showing up weeks ahead of schedule in the Potomac, Patuxent, and throughout the Bay watershed

Weekly Fishing Report

Post published:March 15, 2024
Post category:Reports

A beautiful week of weather in the middle Chesapeake has led to an increase in fish activity (many species) and anglers ready to catch them!

Shad Night 2024!

Post published:February 21, 2024
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National Capital Chapter of Trout Unlimited's "Shad Night 2024" is here. The popular online event's full schedule is as follows for the evening of February 21st: 7:30 Welcome from hosts Rob Catalanotto and Mark Binsted.7:35 Reports from Fletcher’s Boathouse and local fly shops. 7:45 Review of last year’s Potomac shad run with John Kuriawa and Mark Binsted. 8:00 Discussion of 2023 American shad abundance surveys by Matt Jargowsky of Maryland DNR, and an overview of shad fishery management by James Boyle of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. 8:15 Featured speaker Jim Cummins, retired from the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, on the current status of American shad in the Potomac and challenges facing the restoration. 8:45 Panel of “grizzled veterans” responds to previously submitted questions on catching hickory and American shad at Fletcher’s; plus additional freewheeling conversations. (Deadline for questions is TONIGHT; submit here.) 9:30 Event ends—we will see you…