Each year around this time in the spring, threadfin shad, the primary forage fish on Belton Lake, begin to spawn. Like many things in nature, the threadfin shad spawn follows a bell-shaped curve, ...

When longtime Lake Powell fisheries biologist Wayne Gustaveson looks back on the the 2014 fishing year, he might be thankful for a silvery little fish that sustains the lake's entire food pyramid.

The annual threadfin shad spawn is now in full swing on Belton Lake. Most every morning, millions of these small forage fish, each roughly 3½ inches in length, transition rapidly from deep water up ...

Staff at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission hatcheries throughout the state work in the colder months to improve future fishing conditions. More than 4 million threadfin shad have been raised in ...

If you mention "shad" to most anglers, what comes to mind is the small baitfish that is a popular forage food for black bass and stripers. Gizzard and threadfin shad are small species that rarely ...

Fishermen become bird watchers during winter at Beaver Lake. Gulls dive-bombing the surface and feeding on threadfin shad tell anglers that schools of striped bass or black bass may lurk below, also ...