Thousands of threadfin shad have been found dead in the past couple of days. Community Support Manager for the City of Lake Elsinore Adam Gufarotti said the issue was first reported to the city ...

People fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta’s Elk Slough near Courtland in this 2020 photo. Rich Pedroncelli AP ...

An effective technique is to let a swimbait sink to the bottom. You can hop it off the bottom or retrieve it in a steep ...

The bass are holding in deeper water feeding on threadfin shad. Spoons or plastics on the drop-shot are the best presentations for the deep bass. For trout and king salmon, Monte Smith of Gold Country ...

All species are feeding on pond smelt and threadfin shad and finding the bait is the key. Rainbow trout remain a possibility ...

Others in steep decline include longfin smelt, American shad, threadfin shad and striped bass. The results are not unexpected because all the species are known to decline in drought years.

Double-digit fish days have been the norm. The fish are holding at (65 to 95 feet) and Optimizer Jr. spoons lathered in threadfin shad gel trolled between 2 and 3 mph have been the hot bait.

Approximately 200 anglers had their sights set on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell for the final oix Bassmaster Open of 2024. Unfortunately for those in the Anderson, S.C., area, and so many others ...

Caldwell has found the fish to be holding at (65 to 95 feet) and Optimizer Jr. spoons lathered in threadfin shad gel trolled between 2 and 3 mph have been the hot bait. Fishing will continue to be ...

In late fall and winter, largemouth bass will target big gizzard shad out of efficiency. They can get a big meal with less effort than chasing and slashing wads of smaller threadfin shad.

The bass are holding in deeper water feeding on threadfin shad. Spoons or plastics on the drop-shot are the best presentations for the deep bass. For trout and king salmon, Monte Smith of Gold ...