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Abstract:
Shad have been coming up the Cape Fear River from the ocean to spawn in Harnett County for untold years before the arrival of the European settlers. The shad is a silvery, 12-to-18 inch fish, and in the 1800s large numbers were smoked and exported and their roe became sought-after caviar. Miller describes how river residents and others mark their spring arrival with fishing and festivals.