Blacknose Shiner fishing in Canada

Notropis heterolepis

Documented at

2,327 waters

Primary species at

0 waters

Ideal water temp

15°C

Active range

8–21°C

Best blacknose shiner waters today

Scored for 2026-09-14 from live weather, water temperature and this species’ own thermal range.

1. Redhorse Lake (Atikokan)Lake73
2. David Lake (Atikokan)Lake73
3. Namakan RiverRiver73
4. Sims CreekRiver73
5. Dinorwic Lake (Dryden)Lake72
6. Walleye Lake (Vermilion Bay)Lake72
7. Beaverhouse Lake (Vermilion Bay)Lake72
8. McKinstry Lake (Vermilion Bay)Lake72
9. Pikwans Lake (Dryden)Lake72
10. Assinkepatakiso Lake (Vermilion Bay)Lake72

How to fish for blacknose shiner

Blacknose shiner are a small, slender shiner of clean, cool, well-vegetated lakes and streams, sensitive to turbidity and habitat degradation and lost from many waters as they've been developed. Their sensitivity makes them a modest indicator of clean, vegetated habitat. They're a forage fish, not an angling target - prey for larger predators of weedy water. On a location page, blacknose shiner are context about clear, vegetated forage habitat rather than a species to fish for.

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