Fishing Hotspots
Smacking Cape Fear River shad
Shad make their annual run up the Cape Fear River throughout April. […]
Shad
Columns
Fishing for American shad
In March, many Santee Cooper anglers put a great deal of effort into catching American shad, which are making their annual spawning run. […]
Fishing Reports
Patrick Cotter’s shad fishing trip
Patrick Cotter caught these Hickory shad in Falkland, NC. […]
Features
Springtime shad
Two Carolina rivers – the Cape Fear and the Santee – are shad hotspots during the spring. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Snagging shad on the Roanoke River
Anglers can have triple-digit days when shad fishing the Roanoke River in March. […]
Freshwater
Big shad are biting on the Santee River
The shad bite is on fire in the Santee River, and unstable weather doesn’t seem to bother these fish one lick. […]
Newsletters
N.C. Coastal rivers fishing report from NCWRC
This is the weekly North Carolina coastal rivers fishing report, compiled from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. […]
Shad
Shad still biting on Santee’s Rediversion Canal
Even though the herring run has already started in the Santee River and the Rediversion Canal, anglers are still catching plenty of shad on Sabiki rigs. […]