The Red Sea Atlas · Fishing
Fish it. Give it back.
The Red Sea is one of the most productive offshore fisheries on earth. We intend to keep it that way. Catch and release, take only what you need, leave the water better than you found it. That is the only kind of fishing this platform stands behind.
The Red Sea sits at the intersection of the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden, funnelling nutrient-rich currents through a narrow corridor of exceptional clarity. The result is a fishery of unusual depth, with pelagic species within reach of day boats, resident populations of giant trevally and grouper on reef edges, and offshore banks that produce yellowfin tuna year-round. The sport fishing community here is small but serious, and growing.
Target Species
What swims out there
Yellowfin Tuna
Thunnus albacares
Year-round · peaks Nov – Mar
Giant Trevally
Caranx ignobilis
Year-round · peaks May – Sep
King Mackerel
Scomberomorus cavalla
Year-round
Dorado
Coryphaena hippurus
Mar – Oct
Sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
Oct – Mar
Swordfish
Xiphias gladius
Year-round · night
Dogtooth Tuna
Gymnosarda unicolor
Year-round
Amberjack
Seriola dumerili
Year-round
Fishing Trips & Charters
On the water with the right people
Hurghada · Red Sea
Dbl Strike
Captain Megz · Private Charter · Up to 5 Anglers
A single well-equipped center console running proper offshore fishing out of Hurghada. Captain Megz runs day trips targeting the Red Sea's pelagic species: yellowfin tuna, giant trevally, king mackerel, dorado, sailfish and swordfish. The boat carries top-tier electronics including a SIMRAD NNS EVO3s fish finder with AIRMAR CHIRP transducers, live well and tuna tubes. Fishing gear is available to hire on board, or bring your own. This is not a tourist trip. It is a serious fishing operation with a small-group format.
Atlas Note
Maximum 5 anglers per trip. The small group size is a feature, not a limitation.
Fishing Schools
Learning to fish properly
Cairo · Red Sea Trips · IGFA Affiliated
Bluefin Fishing Academy
Est. 2010 · Academy launched 2019 · First IGFA Strategic Partner in MENA
Founded in 2010 and formally structured as an academy in 2019, Bluefin is the most credentialled fishing education body in Egypt and the first IGFA Strategic Partner across the Middle East and North Africa. The flagship course runs five classroom sessions covering technique, knot-tying, reading environmental conditions and fish handling, followed by a three-day Red Sea fishing trip. Maximum twelve participants per intake. Beyond the coursework, Bluefin operates a scientific tagging programme that has produced the first-ever recorded tagging of a bluefin tuna in the Red Sea, contributing data to The Billfish Foundation and the Dolphinfish Research Program.
The academy is Cairo-based but all practical sessions run on the Red Sea. A specialist swordfish course and monthly fly fishing seminars round out the programme. For anyone serious about fishing the Red Sea rather than just being taken out on it, this is the right starting point.
Atlas Note
Bluefin's catch-and-release programme and fish tagging initiative align directly with the Atlas's position on conservation. An organisation worth supporting.
Conservation · The Log
Overfishing the Red Sea: what the data actually shows
Fishing pressure running at ten to twenty times the sustainable rate. A 62% productivity collapse since 2000. Most commercial species overexploited. The Atlas investigates what the science says and what the 2024 bans actually mean.
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