Season

Fishing in May

83 species are recorded as in season in Egypt during May, across 17 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 the North Coast Marsa Alam South Sinai Alexandria El Qanater El Khayreya Suez Damietta and Ras El Bar Baltim El Alamein

Species in season (83)

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 Bluefish Bluespine Unicornfish Bluespotted Cornetfish Bogue Broomtail Wrasse Brushtooth Lizardfish Cobia Common Cuttlefish Common Dentex Common Pandora Coral Hind Crown Squirrelfish Doublespotted Queenfish Electric Catfish European Anchovy European Pilchard (Sardine)Flathead Grey Mullet Garfish (Needlefish)Golden Trevally Grass Carp Greater Amberjack Greater Weever Green Jobfish Grey Triggerfish Haffara Seabream Harlequin Sweetlips Houndfish (Crocodile Needlefish)Humpback Red Snapper Indian Mackerel John Dory Kawakawa (Little Tunny)King Prawn Leerfish (Garrick)Longtail Tuna Mahi-Mahi (Common Dolphinfish)Malabar Grouper Marbled Rabbitfish Meagre Mediterranean Moray Milkfish Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel (Kingfish)Nile Barbel (Binni)Nile Squeaker Catfish Nile Tilapia North African Catfish Orangespine Unicornfish Orbicular Batfish Picarel Pickhandle Barracuda Pronghorn Spiny Lobster Rainbow Runner Randall's Threadfin Bream Red Mullet Red Porgy (Common Seabream)Red Scorpionfish Red Sea Goatfish Red Sea Seabream Red Soldierfish Saddled Seabream Salema Porgy Skipjack Tuna Sky Emperor (Mahsena)Sohal Surgeonfish Talang Queenfish Teira Batfish Two-banded Seabream Twobar Seabream 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 May?

83 species are recorded as in season in May, 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 May?

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