From: "Jeff"


| Interesting reading. Have been fishing for nearly 40 years and never knew
| Shad were so popular. I grew up in Maryland and do not ever remember anyone
| intentionally catching or eating Shad. I did note that when catching them
| they put up a good fight, just as the article says. I also wonder if there
| might be a different type of Shad in the Tennessee River as it is noted in
| the Article that the fish are Atlantic fish who come into the rivers. And I
| would guess the Shad I was catching were from 1/2-3/4 pound, not the 5
| pounders they talk about in the article.
|

That is most likely Hickory Shad. They are said to be similar to Skipjack Herring and are
the American Shad's smaller cousin but can attain 2~5 lbs but are usually caught in the
1~3lb range. The Hickory Shad has faint lengthwise stripes and has less than 21 gillrakers
whiles the American Shad has greater than 21 gillrakers. While they have the same breeding
habits (anadromous fish), the Hickory Shad likes to move into smaller tributary rivers and
streams. In main rivers both Shad can often be found and both can be found all along the
Eastern seaboard and their tributary rivers.

American Shad
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/american_shad.cfm
http://marinefisheries.org/FishID/herramsh.html

Hickory Shad
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries.../hickshad.html
http://nc-es.fws.gov/coastal/hickory.html
http://www.gma.org/fogm/Pomolobus_mediocris.htm


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Dave
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