Just found this forum and hope I can meet some locals where ever I end up next.
I'm wondering about the shad run up the Potomac into DC water..
Check the Maryland and Potomac River Fisheries Commission website for regs...one of the shad species is protected. Don't remember if it's Hickory or American.
You cannot keep American Shad.
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