Species calendar
What can you catch this month?
A month-by-month guide to over 80 UK and Irish sea fish. Seasons shift with water temperature and weather, so treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.
Show fish that are good in
| Species | JFMAMJJASOND |
|---|---|
| European bass Shore & boat · Bass & bream | |
| Black bream Shore & boat · Bass & bream | |
| Gilthead bream Shore · Bass & bream | |
| Red sea bream Boat · Bass & bream | |
| Couch's sea bream Boat · Bass & bream | |
| Cod Shore & boat · Cod family | |
| Whiting Shore & boat · Cod family | |
| Pollack Shore & boat · Cod family | |
| Coalfish (coley) Shore & boat · Cod family | |
| Pouting (bib) Shore & boat · Cod family | |
| Poor cod Shore & boat · Cod family | |
| Haddock Boat · Cod family | |
| Ling Boat · Cod family | |
| Three-bearded rockling Shore · Cod family | |
| Five-bearded rockling Shore · Cod family | |
| Hake Boat · Cod family | |
| Plaice Shore & boat · Flatfish | |
| Flounder Shore · Flatfish | |
| Dab Shore & boat · Flatfish | |
| Dover sole Shore & boat · Flatfish | |
| Turbot Shore & boat · Flatfish | |
| Brill Shore & boat · Flatfish | |
| Lemon sole Boat · Flatfish | |
| Topknot Shore · Flatfish | |
| Megrim Boat · Flatfish | |
| Halibut Boat · Flatfish | |
| Lesser-spotted dogfish Shore & boat · Sharks & dogfish | |
| Bull huss Shore & boat · Sharks & dogfish | |
| Smoothhound Shore & boat · Sharks & dogfish | |
| Tope Shore & boat · Sharks & dogfish | |
| Spurdog Shore & boat · Sharks & dogfish | |
| Blue shark Boat · Sharks & dogfish | |
| Porbeagle Boat · Sharks & dogfish | |
| Thresher shark Boat · Sharks & dogfish | |
| Angel shark Boat · Sharks & dogfish | |
| Thornback ray Shore & boat · Rays & skates | |
| Small-eyed ray Shore & boat · Rays & skates | |
| Spotted ray Shore & boat · Rays & skates | |
| Blonde ray Boat · Rays & skates | |
| Cuckoo ray Boat · Rays & skates | |
| Undulate ray Shore & boat · Rays & skates | |
| Common (flapper) skate Boat · Rays & skates | |
| Common stingray Shore & boat · Rays & skates | |
| Electric ray Boat · Rays & skates | |
| Ballan wrasse Shore & boat · Wrasse | |
| Cuckoo wrasse Shore & boat · Wrasse | |
| Corkwing wrasse Shore · Wrasse | |
| Goldsinny wrasse Shore · Wrasse | |
| Rock cook Shore · Wrasse | |
| Thick-lipped grey mullet Shore · Mullet | |
| Thin-lipped grey mullet Shore · Mullet | |
| Golden grey mullet Shore · Mullet | |
| Red mullet Shore & boat · Mullet | |
| Mackerel Shore & boat · Mackerel & pelagics | |
| Garfish Shore & boat · Mackerel & pelagics | |
| Scad (horse mackerel) Shore & boat · Mackerel & pelagics | |
| Herring Shore & boat · Mackerel & pelagics | |
| Sprat Shore · Mackerel & pelagics | |
| Atlantic bluefin tuna Boat · Mackerel & pelagics | |
| Sandeel Shore · Mackerel & pelagics | |
| Greater sandeel (launce) Shore & boat · Mackerel & pelagics | |
| Sea trout Shore · Other | |
| Conger eel Shore & boat · Eels | |
| European eel Shore · Eels | |
| Tub gurnard Shore & boat · Gurnards & weevers | |
| Grey gurnard Shore & boat · Gurnards & weevers | |
| Red gurnard Boat · Gurnards & weevers | |
| Lesser weever Shore · Gurnards & weevers | |
| Greater weever Boat · Gurnards & weevers | |
| Dragonet Shore & boat · Gurnards & weevers | |
| Shanny (common blenny) Shore · Mini species | |
| Tompot blenny Shore · Mini species | |
| Black goby Shore · Mini species | |
| Rock goby Shore · Mini species | |
| Long-spined sea scorpion Shore · Mini species | |
| Bullrout (short-spined scorpion) Shore · Mini species | |
| Butterfish (gunnel) Shore · Mini species | |
| Sea snail Shore · Mini species | |
| Pogge (hooknose) Shore · Mini species | |
| Sand smelt Shore · Mini species | |
| Lumpsucker Shore · Mini species | |
| Greater pipefish Shore · Mini species | |
| John Dory Boat · Other | |
| Grey triggerfish Shore & boat · Other | |
| Red scorpionfish Boat · Other | |
| Wreckfish (stone bass) Boat · Other | |
| Anglerfish (monkfish) Boat · Other | |
| Ocean sunfish Boat · Other | |
| Twaite shad Shore · Other | |
| Smelt (sparling) Shore · Other |