Season

Fishing in October

94 species are recorded as in season in Egypt during October, 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 Port Said Damietta and Ras El Bar Baltim

Species in season (94)

African Pompano African Tigerfish Albacore Annular Seabream Atlantic Bonito Atlantic Chub Mackerel Atlantic Horse Mackerel Atlantic Mackerel Bartail Flathead Bayad (Black Nile Catfish)Bigeye Trevally Black Surgeonfish Blackspot Snapper Blackspotted Sweetlips Blue Runner (Egyptian Scad)Blue-barred Parrotfish Bluefin Trevally Bluefish Bluespine Unicornfish Bluespotted Cornetfish Bogue Broomtail Wrasse Brushtooth Lizardfish Cobia Common Carp Common Dentex Common Octopus Common Pandora Coral Hind Crown Squirrelfish Dogtooth Tuna Doublebar Bream Doublespotted Queenfish Electric Catfish European Barracuda (Yellowmouth)European Conger European Seabass European Squid (Calamari)Flathead Grey Mullet Giant Trevally Gilthead Seabream Golden Trevally Greasy Grouper Greater Amberjack Greater Amberjack Green Jobfish Grey Triggerfish Haffara Seabream Harlequin Sweetlips Humpback Red Snapper Indian Mackerel John Dory Kawakawa (Little Tunny)King Prawn Leerfish (Garrick)Little Tunny Longtail Tuna Mahi-Mahi (Common Dolphinfish)Malabar Grouper Marbled Rabbitfish Meagre Mediterranean Moray Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel (Kingfish)Nile Barbel (Binni)Nile Perch Nile Tilapia North African Catfish Orangespine Unicornfish Orbicular Batfish Picarel Pickhandle Barracuda Rainbow Runner Randall's Threadfin Bream Red Mullet Red Porgy (Common Seabream)Red Scorpionfish Red Sea Goatfish Red Sea Seabream Red Soldierfish Saddled Seabream Sharpsnout Seabream Skipjack Tuna Sky Emperor (Mahsena)Sohal Surgeonfish Spangled Emperor Striped Seabream (Sand Steenbras)Talang Queenfish Teira Batfish Two-banded Seabream Two-spot Red Snapper (Red Bass)Twobar 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 October?

94 species are recorded as in season in October, among them African Pompano, African Tigerfish, Albacore, Annular Seabream, Atlantic Bonito, Atlantic Chub Mackerel, Atlantic Horse Mackerel, Atlantic Mackerel, Bartail Flathead, Bayad (Black Nile Catfish).

Where should you fish in Egypt in October?

Regions whose marks are active in October: 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, Port Said, Damietta and Ras El Bar, Baltim.