The Lost Fishery: Shad in California
By Hank Shaw
SHAD ARE EVERYWHERE IN the rivers of the Pacific Coast and nowhere on the menu. Along the Sacramento River, which flows into San Francisco Bay, it’s not uncommon to have a 50-fish day, and 600 miles north on the Columbia River, during the height of the season, that’s the norm. Back East, it’s a decent day’s fishing to land just a brace of sh…