Singapore General

General fishing in Singapore: the species usually targeted here, when they are in season, and the basic tackle direction.

General fishing in Singapore: what it covers

Singapore general fishing is the option that does not commit you to shore or boat. Pick it when you have not decided which way to fish, or when the same mark can be worked either way. The species list below is filtered from the database's method records: it shows the species commonly targeted in this region, and it is not a catch guarantee.

The season column is the angling season — when the fish are in and worth targeting — not the spawning period; the two can be far apart. Where we cannot find a citable source, the season is marked “unverified” rather than filled in with a guess.

Getting started: your first session

Tackle direction: an 8–10 ft general rod with a 3000–4000 size reel and #2–4 main line; floats, sinkers and single-hook rigs all work. That is a starting point only — depth and wind decide the details.

Timing: check the day's tide window first and fish the moving water between high and low; move to a sheltered mark when wind and rain pick up. For any mark you pick, SwellAngler combines tide, water temperature, wind, wave, pressure and moon phase into a 0–100 fishing score. The marine model runs about 10 days out and coastal accuracy is limited, so it must not be used for navigation or safety decisions.

Safety and limits: general covers a wide range of ground, from beach to boat, and the tackle and safety requirements differ — check official forecasts before you go and judge the conditions on site. We do not promise catches: the list and the seasons are reference only. To filter by water type or season, use the species browser tab in the app.

Commonly targeted species

• Nile tilapia — All year
• Barramundi — All year
• Flathead grey mullet — Spring, Summer, Autumn
• Leopard coral grouper — All year
• Chocolate hind — Summer
• Blackspot tuskfish
• Dotted sweetlips — Spring, Autumn, Winter
• Asian swamp eel — All year
• Japanese eel — All year
• Spotted sicklefish — Summer
• Milkfish — Summer, Autumn
• Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel — Spring, Autumn, Winter
• Shrimp scad — All year
• Brownback trevally
• Doublespotted queenfish — All year
• Blackbanded trevally — All year
• Small spotted dart — Spring, Winter
• Dorab wolf-herring — All year
• Peacock hind — All year
• Blacktip grouper — All year
• Indo-Pacific sailfish — Summer
• Grey large-eye bream — All year
• Humpnose big-eye bream — All year
• Tripletail — All year
• Deepwater red snapper — All year
• Two-spot red snapper — All year
• Dory snapper — All year
• Humpback red snapper — All year
• Common bluestripe snapper — All year
• Blacktail snapper — All year
• Blubberlip snapper — Summer
• Five-lined snapper — All year
• Black and white snapper
• Crimson jobfish — All year
• Chinamanfish — All year
• Indian goatfish — All year
• Largetooth flounder — All year
• Blackspot threadfin — All year
• Tigertooth croaker — All year
• Frigate tuna
• Island mackerel
• Indian mackerel — All year
• Indo-Pacific king mackerel — Autumn, Winter
• Pickhandle barracuda
• Korean seerfish — Autumn, Winter
• Mozambique Tilapia — All year
• Striped snakehead — All year
• Talang queenfish — All year
• Malabar blood snapper
• Striped eel catfish
• Bonefish
• Marble goby — All year
• Longrakered trevally
• Blacktip trevally
• Bluefin trevally — All year
• Barcheek trevally
• Blue trevally
• Island trevally
• Longnose trevally
• Malabar trevally
• Needlescaled queenfish — All year
• Indian threadfish
• Coastal trevally
• Yellowspotted trevally
• Bludger
• Indian pompano — All year
• Silver barb
• Honeycomb stingray — All year
• Hawaiian ladyfish
• Redmouth grouper — All year
• Longface emperor — Summer, Autumn
• Smalltooth emperor
• Small toothed jobfish — All year
• Rusty jobfish
• Deepwater longtail red snapper — Spring, Autumn
• Yellowstripe goatfish
• Goatsbeard brotula — All year
• Pointed sawfish
• Kawakawa — Spring
• Streaked seerfish
• Longtail tuna — Spring, Winter
• Longfin yellowtail — Spring, Autumn
• Oscar
• Jaguar guapote — Winter
• Malabar grouper — All year
• Golden trevally
• Spanish flag snapper
• Mayan cichlid
• Squaretail mullet

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