We have our winner and have added a new name to our leader board! Congratulations to Max “Shad Hog” McLaren on winning the 2025/2026 First Shad of the Season Contest! This football of a Hickory Shad was caught downstream of C.S. Lee on an orange fly on December 22, 2025. I don’t know about you, but I am itching to get out on the water! It is time to get out there and do some shad fishing!