Mimic Shiner fishing in Canada

Notropis volucellus

Documented at

910 waters

Primary species at

0 waters

Ideal water temp

20°C

Active range

13–26°C

Best mimic shiner waters today

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

1. Namakan RiverRiver73
2. Sims CreekRiver73
3. Dinorwic Lake (Dryden)Lake72
4. Pikwans Lake (Dryden)Lake72
5. Darling Lake (Vermilion Bay)Lake72
6. Little Turtle Lake (Fort Frances)Lake72
7. Whitewater Lake (Fort Frances)Lake72
8. Aronson Lake (Dryden)Lake72
9. Blanchard Lake (Dryden)Lake72
10. Vista Lake (Fort Frances)Lake72

How to fish for mimic shiner

Mimic shiner are a small, silvery schooling minnow of lakes, ponds, and slow streams, adaptable and often abundant where they occur. Like the other shiners here they're a forage species rather than an angling target - prey for bass, walleye, pike, and larger sunfish, and occasionally used as bait. On a location page, mimic shiner are context about a healthy forage base supporting predator growth, not something to fish for directly.

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