Yakima Herald-Republic

Rob Phillips: Feisty shad coming up the Columbia River in droves

The first basic rule of fishing is: fish where the fish are. So, if you knew that there were over a million fish swimming in a nearby river right this very moment, wouldn’t you go fishing to try to ...
The Bulletin

There’s a new top fish of the Columbia River — and it doesn’t mind the warm water

Shad pass through the fish ladder at the Bonneville Lock and Dam on the Columbia River on June 12. BONNEVILLE DAM, Columbia River, Wash. — There is a new king of the Columbia. Each spring, a chrome ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

Rob Phillips: June means shad are moving up the Columbia River

After hitting it hard fishing for spring chinook through late April and well into the month of May, I like to flip the calendar to June, because the month brings with it some other fishing ...
Post and Courier

Peak of shad run just a few weeks away

One of the most anticipated events of the post-Christmas season is the arrival of shad migrating up Lowcountry rivers to spawn. The peak of the shad run generally doesn’t occur until late February to ...
The Spokesman-Review

There’s a new top fish of the Columbia River — and it doesn’t mind the warm water

BONNEVILLE DAM, Columbia River, Wash. – There is a new king of the Columbia. Each spring, a chrome tide of fish native to the East Coast floods the Northwest’s mightiest river by the millions. Shad, ...