From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! American shad were a major food source for early European settlers and Native ...

MILFORD – Like aliens from some foreign port, American shad have invaded the Delaware River. Each year hundreds of thousands of shad averaging about 4 pounds each migrate up the 330-mile river that ...

Steve Merserve, operator of the Lewis Fishery in Lambertville, and his crew of volunteers fish for Shad in the Delaware River on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Merserve is grandson of the late commercial ...

A striped bass, possibly the first of the season caught from the surf, was landed in Beach Haven. Shad fishing is improving on the Delaware River, with a recent haul of 10 buck shad and 7 females.

Of all the fish that swim in the sea, few are as easy to catch as shad. That's because you don't have to go to sea to catch them. Each spring they come barreling back to the rivers where they were ...