Season

Fishing in April

109 species are recorded as in season in Egypt during April, across 15 regions with marks active that month.

Last reviewed: 5 September 2026

Regions fishing this month

Red Sea Mediterranean coast Gulf of Suez The Nile Lake Nasser Hurghada El Gouna Ain Sokhna Marsa Alam South Sinai Alexandria El Qanater El Khayreya Suez Port Said Damietta and Ras El Bar

Species in season (109)

African Pompano African Tigerfish Annular Seabream Atlantic Chub Mackerel Atlantic Mackerel Bartail Flathead Bayad (Black Nile Catfish)Bearded Scorpionfish Bigeye Trevally Black Seabream Black Surgeonfish Blackspot Snapper Blackspotted Sweetlips Blacktip Reef Shark Blue Runner (Egyptian Scad)Blue Shark Blue-barred Parrotfish Bluefin Trevally Bluefish Bluespine Unicornfish Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray Bonefish Broomtail Wrasse Brown-marbled Grouper Brushtooth Lizardfish Bryde's Whale Cobia Common Bottlenose Dolphin Common Carp Common Cuttlefish Common Dolphin Common Guitarfish Common Lionfish Common Pandora Coral Hind Crown Squirrelfish Dogtooth Tuna Doublespotted Queenfish Dugong Dusky Spinefoot Electric Catfish False Killer Whale Flathead Grey Mullet Garfish (Needlefish)Giant Trevally Golden Trevally Grass Carp Greasy Grouper Greater Amberjack Green Jobfish Grey Reef Shark Grey Triggerfish Haffara Seabream Harlequin Sweetlips Houndfish (Crocodile Needlefish)Humpback Red Snapper Indian Mackerel Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin John Dory Kawakawa (Little Tunny)King Prawn Longtail Tuna Mahi-Mahi (Common Dolphinfish)Malabar Grouper Marbled Electric Ray Marbled Rabbitfish Masked Pufferfish Meagre Milkfish Napoleon (Humphead) Wrasse Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel (Kingfish)Nile Barbel (Binni)Nile Puffer (Fahaka)Nile Squeaker Catfish Nile Tilapia North African Catfish Orangespine Unicornfish Orbicular Batfish Peacock Hind Pickhandle Barracuda Potato Cod Rainbow Runner Randall's Threadfin Bream Red Mullet Red Porgy (Common Seabream)Red Scorpionfish Red Sea Goatfish Red Sea Seabream Red Soldierfish Reef Stonefish Roving Coral Grouper Sky Emperor (Mahsena)Sohal Surgeonfish Spangled Emperor Spotted Eagle Ray Spotted Porcupinefish Striped Eel Catfish Talang Queenfish Teira Batfish Two-banded Seabream Two-spot Red Snapper (Bohar)Two-spot Red Snapper (Red Bass)Twobar Seabream Twobar Seabream Wahoo White Grouper White Seabream Whitetip Reef Shark Yellowspotted (Brassy) Trevally

From the season records in the fish guide.

Common questions

What fish can you catch in Egypt in April?

109 species are recorded as in season in April, among them African Pompano, African Tigerfish, Annular Seabream, Atlantic Chub Mackerel, Atlantic Mackerel, Bartail Flathead, Bayad (Black Nile Catfish), Bearded Scorpionfish, Bigeye Trevally, Black Seabream.

Where should you fish in Egypt in April?

Regions whose marks are active in April: Red Sea, Mediterranean coast, Gulf of Suez, The Nile, Lake Nasser, Hurghada, El Gouna, Ain Sokhna, Marsa Alam, South Sinai, Alexandria, El Qanater El Khayreya, Suez, Port Said, Damietta and Ras El Bar.