New World Silversides fishing in Canada

Atherinopsidae (family)

Documented at

4 waters

Primary species at

0 waters

Ideal water temp

20°C

Active range

13–26°C

Best new world silversides waters today

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

1. Stoney CreekRiver64

How to fish for new world silversides

New World silversides are a family of small, slender, surface-oriented schooling fish - the group that includes the brook silverside - that skim the top of the water in clear lakes and slow rivers, feeding on tiny insects and plankton. They're forage fish, not rod targets: too small and surface-bound to catch on conventional tackle, but an important part of the diet of bass, pike, and other predators, and their surface-schooling sometimes gives away where gamefish are pushing bait. On a location page their significance is as a forage-base indicator rather than as a species to fish for.

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