American Shad
Personal memory by Eric Cromwell
1953 • Holtwood, PA
My grandfather would take off two weeks of work during the Shad run to catch and sell Shad at market. He had to stop around 1953 due to a decreases in the number he caught. It just was not profitable for him any longer.
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