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Location: Russian River
Species: Sockeye - Early Run
Method: Weir

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  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
Daily Counts
Cumulative

Description: The weir is located at the outlet of Lower Russian Lake, about 78 miles from the mouth of the Kenai River. It takes approximately 7 to 10 days for sockeye salmon to travel from the lower Kenai River to the weir depending on water levels. Travel times are estimates and can vary significantly from this depending on conditions. The current weir-based early-run sockeye salmon sustainable escapement goal (SEG) is 22,000-44,000 and was adopted in 2011. The late-run sockeye salmon stock was managed to achieve an SEG of 30,000-110,000 (years 2005-2019). In 2020, the new SEG range was adopted for the late-run Russian River sockeye salmon and is now 44,000-85,000.

Biological Escapement Goal for Sockeye - Early Run: 22,000 - 42,000 (Graphed above)
Sustainable Escapement Goal for Sockeye - Late Run: 44,000 - 85,000

Contact: Northern Kenai Sport Fish Assistant Area Manager,
(907) 262-9368

Weekly Sportfish Fishing Report for this area

41 records returned for the years selected. Dashes indicate days with no count.
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Date
2022
Count
2022
Cumulative
2022
Cumulative
2021
Cumulative
2020
Cumulative
2019
Cumulative
2018
Notes for
2022
Jul-14 1,083 61,098 46,976 27,103 125,942 44,110 Water level 11.00"
Jul-13 1,023 60,015 45,553 26,490 125,169 43,641 Water level 11.37"
Jul-12 816 58,992 44,393 26,157 124,157 43,434 Water level 11.75"
Jul-11 855 58,176 43,771 25,726 122,170 43,240 Water level 12.00"
Jul-10 685 57,321 43,054 25,022 120,148 42,931 Water level 12.00"
Jul-09 765 56,636 41,911 24,448 117,202 42,645 Water level 11.87"
Jul-08 518 55,871 40,535 23,777 114,760 42,354 Water level 12.00"
Jul-07 716 55,353 39,518 22,087 111,666 42,003 Water level 12.12"
Jul-06 1,271 54,637 38,015 20,512 108,003 41,085 Water level 12.25"
Jul-05 1,121 53,366 36,829 18,582 106,723 39,494 Water level 12.75"
Jul-04 986 52,245 36,047 16,786 105,502 38,059 Water level 13.00"
Jul-03 1,443 51,259 35,226 15,959 104,057 36,215 Water level 13.50"
Jul-02 1,730 49,816 34,211 15,451 100,642 34,391 Water level 13.75"
Jul-01 1,052 48,086 32,729 14,906 96,879 32,793 Water level 13.75"
Jun-30 778 47,034 30,791 14,337 93,841 30,277 Water level 14.00"
Jun-29 2,659 46,256 28,338 13,655 92,066 26,892 Water level 14.00"
Jun-28 3,241 43,597 26,016 13,303 90,498 23,812 Water level 14.00"
Jun-27 3,475 40,356 24,209 12,955 87,873 21,007 Water level 14.75"
Jun-26 4,853 36,881 22,124 12,253 84,980 18,496 Water level 15.00"
Jun-25 4,598 32,028 19,819 11,543 82,037 16,427 Water level 15.25"
Jun-24 5,497 27,430 17,713 10,936 79,604 14,886 Water level 15.12"
Jun-23 4,599 21,933 15,594 10,134 77,038 12,946 Water Level 14.62"
Jun-22 4,254 17,334 13,539 8,776 73,483 10,529 Water level 14.00"
Jun-21 2,008 13,080 11,047 7,959 69,265 10,024 Water level 13.75"
Jun-20 1,915 11,072 9,154 6,088 64,367 9,344 Water level 14.00"
Jun-19 2,603 9,157 7,337 4,730 59,399 8,482 Water Level 14.25"
Jun-18 2,477 6,554 5,427 3,614 55,374 8,450 Water level 14.75"
Jun-17 2,263 4,077 4,068 2,851 50,641 7,759 Water level 14.75"
Jun-16 740 1,814 2,868 2,379 45,778 6,212 Water level 14.75"
Jun-15 619 1,074 1,738 1,909 40,440 4,426 Water level 15.00"
Jun-14 389 455 847 1,691 34,581 2,550 Water level 16.00"
Jun-13 57 66 189 1,277 27,236 1,634 Water level 16.75"
Jun-12 9 9 91 854 21,974 757 Water level 17.50"
Jun-11 0 0 11 479 13,765 178 Water level 18.25"
Jun-10 0 0 11 179 8,471 27 Water level 18.50"
Jun-09 0 0 11 55 4,744 0 Water level 18.75"
Jun-08 0 0 11 0 2,728 0 Water level 19.38"
Jun-07 0 0 5 0 624 0 Water level 20.25"
Jun-06 0 0 2 0 0 0 Water level 20.25"
Jun-05 0 0 0 0 0 0 Water level 20.00"
Jun-04 0 0 0 0 0 0 Weir fish tight 9:00 am. Water level 19.50".