Claim to fame: Although the gizzard shad’s tasteless flesh has no “skillet appeal” for anglers and the fish are seldom caught, this fish plays an important role in Missouri fishing. Young gizzard shad ...

Each year a natural pageant takes place throughout the fresh waters of the middle and eastern United States. Unlike the awe-inspiring thousand-mile journeys of birds and butterflies, or the ...

Gizzard shad can be an acquired taste. But it also depends greatly on the skill of the chef. That’s why it is often said that sushi chefs judge each other by their kohada, or gizzard shad. A close ...

While talking with a couple of Lake Mead fishermen recently, the subject turned to gizzard shad. Since they showed up in Lake Mead in 2007, gizzards have displaced threadfin shad as both the primary ...

A gizzard shad is a silver fish in the herring family that skips along in schools. The fish are often pretty large. Gizzard shads are found in most stream and river systems in Missouri. These fish are ...

The Michigan DNR reported that an angler from Lowell, Michigan, caught a new state-record gizzard shad that weighed 4.45 ...

KENT COUNTY, MI - Sedrick Neinhuis set a new Michigan state record in April by catching the largest gizzard shad Michigan has seen in 30 years. Gizzard shad are native to Michigan and characterized by ...

It wasn't a gizzard out of a Thanksgiving Day turkey. Wouldn't find it in a giblet gravy. Still, a "gizz" is very popular, particularly among inland lake fishermen. No, not the bird kind of gizzard.

The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism will conduct partial fishery renovations on four small impoundments this winter — including Shawnee County's Shawnee State Fishing Lake. The KDWPT ...