what is a shad fish
The swelling between the anal fin and ventral fin identifies this as a pregnant female. Shad is a type of fish, much valued as a sport fish. The male shad is an excellent game fish, showing multiple jumps and an occasional end-over-end; it has been called a freshwater tarpon .The pregnant female does not fight much, but is often kept for the roe. Shad go all the way up into Vermont as far as Bellows Falls, though the Vernon dam has significantly decreased the run by this point. 2  New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey: There is a shad run over 300 miles along the Delaware River. 3  Most of the better wading fly water are above Port Jervis, New York.