The most popular shad fishing areas are along the Columbia River shoreline below Bonneville Dam and Beacon Rock, although you can find shad congregating farther downstream in the Camas Slough,...

Shad are classified as a Food Fish in Washington. Learn more about shad fishing below or in this June 2025 WDFW blog post. American shad have a colorful history. Long before being imported to the Pacific side of the country, they were getting a name for themselves. As far back as the Revolutionary War they helped the cause of the future United States. After suffering through a tough winter ...

Shad are also valued as a sport fish that exhibit complex and little-understood feeding behaviors while spawning. Unlike salmon, shad retain the ability to digest and assimilate food during the anadromous migration.

Features: Plankton eaters, the American shad is the biggest of the herring species and averages 3 to 5 pounds. They are silver on the sides, and green to blue on top, with green shading on their fins.

How to cook shad, meaning American or white shad. Everything you need to know about cooking and eating shad fish -- and dealing with all those bones!

Everything you should know about the Shad. The Shad encompasses 30 species of fish who head upstream to spawn, but which don't die after spawning.

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