---
title: "Shad Run 2005"
date: "2000-01-01"
modified: "2021-02-01"
authors:
  - name: "Outdoor Life Online Editor"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/outdoor-life-online-editor/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/node-1006030177/"
categories:
  - "Fishing"
---

# Shad Run 2005

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/5H3XG5XEHSNSNEEOAUZHNEUVP4.jpg>)
*Outdoor Life Online Editor*

![Shad Festival](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/GUEZYLV2VD3CIHKKQXZ6RUO72Q.jpg>)
*Champion shad angler Bob Dehart uses a variety of shad darts while fishing in the annual tournament. Outdoor Life Online Editor*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorshaddog.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/6PSVJSCKK2UIQFCHM4XGVRPHOM.jpg>)
*During the parade at Easton's Forks of the Delaware Shad Festival, people and pets dress up to celebrate the fish. Outdoor Life Online Editor*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorshadkid.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/MQ4JXIKVJVU2KDHT7UBSDTMTH4.jpg>)
*This kid marched ahead of the shad bagpipers carrying what looks like a giant religious icon dedicated to the shad. Outdoor Life Online Editor*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorshadking.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/5OCSZTQUGNVCTPOBGKSVY2SLMA.jpg>)
*What would a festival be without a shad king? Here is the leader of the 2005 festivities. Outdoor Life Online Editor*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorshadboat.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/XECRPYK4N5GV3HL6FTLJGCXDF4.jpg>)
*Anglers anchor near a railroad bridge in Easton, Penn., where the Delaware and Lehigh rivers converge. Outdoor Life Online Editor*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorshadsmoked.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/PI7U7LWGBJYRHZZ4SM35JFOQ3E.jpg>)
*A local vendor tried to convince us that smoked shad is a tasty delicacy. Outdoor Life Online Editor*

![Shad Festival](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/PTBGTBVCQ6JATA6PGXKSRXWIDU.jpg>)
*Bob Dehart uses markings on the bench seat of his boat to determine if a shad is trophy-caliber. Outdoor Life Online Editor*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorshadtrophy.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/YUML65H5KIXWKDB7MK4FMHOBJY.jpg>)
*Bob Dehart, who won the 2005 tournament, hoists a monster shad he caught in the Delaware River near Easton, Penn. Outdoor Life Online Editor*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorshadlehigh.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/NU6JXJRTJLQG6OA2ZYHPEZCBKY.jpg>)
*A father and daughter fish in front of the Lehigh River spillway. Outdoor Life Online Editor*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorshadnet.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/JYA5LTWAWGOKT57PDXPSOLM5DE.jpg>)
*Bob Dehart lifts another huge shad from his net. Outdoor Life Online Editor*