Fourspine Stickleback fishing in Canada

Apeltes quadracus

Documented at

10 waters

Primary species at

0 waters

Ideal water temp

15°C

Active range

8–21°C

Best fourspine stickleback waters today

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

1. McIntyre RiverRiver67
2. Little Goulais RiverRiver65
3. Quinn Lake (Sault Ste. Marie)Lake64
4. McIntyre RiverRiver64
5. Stokely CreekRiver63
6. Geneva Lake (Sudbury)Lake63

How to fish for fourspine stickleback

Fourspine stickleback are a small, spiny fish of quiet, well-vegetated shallows in fresh and brackish water, named for the separate spines along the back and known for the males' habit of building small nests in vegetation. They aren't an angling target - they're a forage fish, prey for larger predators. On a location page, fourspine stickleback are context about a vegetated forage base rather than a species to fish for.

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