Season

Fishing in April

79 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 (79)

African Pompano African Tigerfish Annular Seabream Atlantic Chub Mackerel Atlantic Mackerel Bartail Flathead Bayad (Black Nile Catfish)Bigeye Trevally Black Seabream Black Surgeonfish Blackspot Snapper Blackspotted Sweetlips Blue Runner (Egyptian Scad)Blue-barred Parrotfish Bluefin Trevally Bluefish Bluespine Unicornfish Broomtail Wrasse Brushtooth Lizardfish Cobia Common Carp Common Cuttlefish Common Pandora Coral Hind Crown Squirrelfish Dogtooth Tuna Doublespotted Queenfish Electric Catfish Flathead Grey Mullet Garfish (Needlefish)Giant Trevally Golden Trevally Grass Carp Greasy Grouper Greater Amberjack Green Jobfish Grey Triggerfish Haffara Seabream Harlequin Sweetlips Houndfish (Crocodile Needlefish)Humpback Red Snapper Indian Mackerel John Dory Kawakawa (Little Tunny)King Prawn Longtail Tuna Mahi-Mahi (Common Dolphinfish)Malabar Grouper Marbled Rabbitfish Meagre Milkfish Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel (Kingfish)Nile Barbel (Binni)Nile Squeaker Catfish Nile Tilapia North African Catfish Orangespine Unicornfish Orbicular Batfish Pickhandle Barracuda Rainbow Runner Randall's Threadfin Bream Red Mullet Red Porgy (Common Seabream)Red Scorpionfish Red Sea Goatfish Red Sea Seabream Red Soldierfish Sky Emperor (Mahsena)Sohal Surgeonfish Spangled Emperor Talang Queenfish Teira Batfish Two-banded Seabream Two-spot Red Snapper (Red Bass)Twobar Seabream Twobar Seabream Wahoo White Seabream Yellowspotted (Brassy) Trevally

These are seasonal records, not permission to fish. Records marked Protected or Avoid are excluded.

Rules and regulations

Common questions

What fish can you catch in Egypt in April?

79 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), Bigeye Trevally, Black Seabream, Black Surgeonfish.

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.