Silver Shiner fishing in Canada

Notropis photogenis

Documented at

18 waters

Primary species at

0 waters

Ideal water temp

20°C

Active range

13–26°C

Best silver shiner waters today

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

1. Sassenach Lake (Sioux Lookout)Lake68
2. Thames River (rivière Thames)River66
3. Talbot RiverRiver64
4. Pefferlaw RiverRiver64
5. Pefferlaw RiverRiver64
6. Thames River (rivière Thames)River63
7. Medway CreekRiver63
8. Bronte CreekRiver63

How to fish for silver shiner

Silver shiner are a slender, silvery shiner of clean, well-oxygenated riffles and runs in medium to large rivers, feeding on drifting insects in current. They're a sensitive species tied to good river quality, so their presence indicates clean, flowing, well-oxygenated water. They're a forage fish, not an angling target - prey for smallmouth bass and other river predators. On a location page, silver shiner are a forage species and a water-quality signal in clean, flowing rivers rather than something to fish for.

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