shad
River-spawning herring
Shad is a silvery fish related to herring, prized for its delicate flesh and roe.
Shad migrate from the ocean into rivers to spawn, making them a traditional springtime catch along the Atlantic coast.
The shad are running announces their annual arrival.
American shad was once so abundant it fed the Continental Army at Valley Forge.
Small silvery Atlantic fish
- alewifeSmall herringlike fish
- bluebackLandlocked salmon variety
- hickoryDense North American hardwood
- AmericanFrom the U.S.
gizzard · threadfin · menhaden · river · school · migratory · bony · forked
Cooked by dry heat
- plankedSurfaced with lumber
- smokedExposed to wood fumes
- roeAquatic reproductive material
- bonelessHaving no skeleton
filleting · deboning · savory · flavorful · oily · delicacy · traditional · springtime
Releasing eggs to reproduce
- migrationMovement to new territory
- upstreamToward a river's origin
- riversFlowing bodies of water
- anadromousMigrating upstream to breed
freshwater · breeding · natal · homing · return · tributaries · estuaries · run
One who casts lines
- nettingInterlaced open fabric
- gillnetMesh that snares by gills
- seineVertical hanging fish net
- driftnetFloating fish-catching mesh
planking · Delaware · Susquehanna · Hudson · Connecticut · Potomac · fishery · catch
Pale metallic sheen
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
- sleekSmooth and elegant
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
bluish · greenish · scales · metallic · lustrous · glinting · flashing · bright
herring
Small silvery Atlantic fish
American · gizzard · threadfin · menhaden · river · school · migratory · bony · forked · silvery
baked
Cooked by dry heat
boneless · filleting · deboning · savory · flavorful · oily · delicacy · traditional · springtime · Native American
spawning
Releasing eggs to reproduce
anadromous · freshwater · breeding · natal · homing · return · tributaries · estuaries · run · spring
angler
One who casts lines
driftnet · planking · Delaware · Susquehanna · Hudson · Connecticut · Potomac · fishery · catch · commercial
silvery
Pale metallic sheen
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
- sleekSmooth and elegant
streamlined · bluish · greenish · scales · metallic · lustrous · glinting · flashing · bright
- Delaware RiverDelaware Bay, Delaware River, river valley, Trenton, river basin
- Bowfishingcompound bow, recurve bow, arrow, carp, gar
- Shad
- fishcod, salmon, bass, perch, eels
- freshwater fishingfreshwater fishing, trout fishing, salmon fishing, freshwater fish, bass fishing
- Atlantic fishAtlantic cod, Atlantic salmon, haddock, pollock, pollack
- cast a shadowIntercept light, create silhouette
- eye shadowCosmetic for lids
- pale shadeFaint, light color
- five o'clock shadowDay-end facial hair
- shadow of a doubtMinimal remaining uncertainty
- shadow boxingPracticing punches without partner
shade, shadow, shaded, shadowy, shades, overshadow, shadowed, shadiness, shadowing