Record #:

14379

Author(s):

Sink, E. Carl

Abstract:

Shad fishing was a time honored activity. Beginning as early as March, men would head to Elizabethtown, to fish for shad spawning in the Cape Fear River. This pastime involved men who both fished and ate shad, though, later in the season this ritual was opened up to larger communities.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 16 Issue 44, Apr 1949, p8-9, il

Subject(s):

Shad fishing--Cape Fear River