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River Shiner fishing in Canada
Notropis blennius
- Documented at
- 2 waters
- Primary species at
- 0 waters
- Ideal water temp
- 20°C
- Active range
- 13–26°C
Best river shiner waters today
Scored for 2026-09-14 from live weather, water temperature and this species’ own thermal range.
How to fish for river shiner
River shiner are a silvery, open-water shiner of the main channels of larger rivers, schooling in flowing water and feeding on drifting insects and small invertebrates. They're a forage fish, not an angling target - an important schooling prey species for walleye, sauger, and other river predators, and occasionally used as bait. On a location page, river shiner are context about a large river's forage base rather than a species to fish for.