Season

Fishing in September

126 species are recorded as in season in Egypt during September, 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 the North Coast Marsa Alam South Sinai Alexandria El Qanater El Khayreya Damietta and Ras El Bar Baltim El Alamein

Species in season (126)

African Pompano African Tigerfish Albacore Annular Seabream Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Atlantic Bonito Atlantic Chub Mackerel Atlantic Mackerel Bartail Flathead Bayad (Black Nile Catfish)Bigeye Trevally Black Surgeonfish Blackspot Snapper Blackspotted Sweetlips Blacktip Reef Shark Blue Runner (Egyptian Scad)Blue-barred Parrotfish Bluefish Bluespine Unicornfish Bluespotted Cornetfish Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray Bogue Bonefish Broomtail Wrasse Brown Meagre Brown-marbled Grouper Brushtooth Lizardfish Bryde's Whale Cobia Common Bottlenose Dolphin Common Dentex Common Dolphin Common Guitarfish Common Octopus Common Pandora Common Stingray Coral Hind Crown Squirrelfish Doublespotted Queenfish Dugong Dusky Grouper Dusky Spinefoot Electric Catfish European Anchovy European Barracuda (Yellowmouth)European Conger European Pilchard (Sardine)False Killer Whale Flathead Grey Mullet Giant Manta Ray Gilthead Seabream Golden Trevally Grass Carp Greater Amberjack Greater Weever Green Jobfish Grey Reef Shark Grey Triggerfish Haffara Seabream Harlequin Sweetlips Houndfish (Crocodile Needlefish)Humpback Red Snapper Indian Mackerel Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Kawakawa (Little Tunny)King Prawn Leatherback Sea Turtle Leerfish (Garrick)Little Tunny Mahi-Mahi (Common Dolphinfish)Marbled Rabbitfish Masked Pufferfish Meagre Mediterranean Moray 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 Pelagic Thresher Shark Picarel Potato Cod 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 Reef Manta Ray Risso's Dolphin Roving Coral Grouper Saddled Seabream Salema Porgy Sandbar Shark Scalloped Hammerhead Sharpsnout Seabream Shortfin Mako Silky Shark Silver-cheeked Toadfish Skipjack Tuna Sky Emperor (Mahsena)Sohal Surgeonfish Spangled Emperor Spinner Dolphin Spotted Eagle Ray Spotted Porcupinefish Striped Seabream (Sand Steenbras)Swordfish Talang Queenfish Teira Batfish Tiger Shark Two-spot Red Snapper (Bohar)Twobar Seabream Whale Shark White Grouper White Seabream Yellowspotted (Brassy) Trevally

From the season records in the fish guide.

Common questions

What fish can you catch in Egypt in September?

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

Where should you fish in Egypt in September?

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