Mack in N.C.
Old Mossy Horns
THis link has one of my favorite references to runs of shad as a great great great great uncle signed this petition - https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.php/document/csr09-0064. THe report I was looking for was done by a guy named Stevenson in 1897. A interesting read is "The Common Rights of Mankind": Subsistence, Shad and Commerce in the EArly Repulican South" by Harry Watson which discusses the conflicts between dam owners and others. Another good shad read is "The Founding Fish" by John McPhee which discusses the importance of shad during the birth of our nation.
I have "The Founding Fish" and it truly is a great book on Shad and it's history of the country.
Fact- we may not of ever been the USA if not for the Shad Run.