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

The selected years are color-coded in the graphs below:

  • 2026
  • 2025
  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2022
Daily Counts

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

Contact: Area Management Biologist,
9072602920

Weekly Sportfish Fishing Report for this area

58 records returned for the years selected. Dashes indicate days with no count.
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Date
2026
Count
2026
Cumulative
2026
Cumulative
2025
Cumulative
2024
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2023
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2022
Notes for
2026
09/10 - 56,206 66,681 70,009 160,430 124,561  
09/09 - 56,206 66,681 70,009 159,903 124,561  
09/08 - 56,206 66,681 70,009 159,192 124,561  
09/07 - 56,206 66,681 70,009 158,501 124,536  
09/06 - 56,206 66,681 70,009 157,476 123,816  
09/05 - 56,206 66,681 70,009 156,225 123,129  
09/04 - 56,206 66,681 70,009 154,628 122,112  
09/03 - 56,206 66,681 70,009 152,755 121,011  
09/02 219 56,206 66,681 69,378 151,247 119,963 Water level 4.75"
09/01 329 55,987 66,591 68,748 149,701 118,712 Water level 4.75"
08/31 409 55,658 66,304 68,204 147,663 117,447 Water level 4.88"
08/30 471 55,249 66,071 67,573 145,875 116,155 Water level 5.13"
08/29 735 54,778 65,746 66,746 142,941 114,586 Water level 5.25"
08/28 691 54,043 65,016 65,906 139,894 112,672 Water level 5.50"
08/27 782 53,352 64,746 65,054 137,355 111,007 Water level 5.50"
08/26 914 52,570 64,320 63,954 134,378 109,473 Water level 5.38"
08/25 840 51,656 63,692 63,065 131,455 107,834 Water level 5.50"
08/24 831 50,816 62,665 61,865 128,072 106,291 Water level 5.50"
08/23 808 49,985 61,653 60,912 123,947 104,992 Water level 5.75"
08/22 1,051 49,177 60,631 59,476 119,581 102,956 Water level 6.00"
08/21 1,107 48,126 59,506 58,247 114,958 101,204 Water level 5.88"
08/20 1,165 47,019 58,448 56,734 111,586 99,148 Water level 6.38"
08/19 871 45,854 57,322 55,416 108,336 97,032 Water level 6.38"
08/18 1,249 44,983 56,467 53,508 104,409 95,108 Water level 6.75"
08/17 894 43,734 55,832 51,983 100,012 92,580 Water level 6.63"
08/16 1,264 42,840 55,225 49,951 96,611 89,713 Water level 6.50"
08/15 1,297 41,576 54,333 46,984 93,009 87,321 Water level 6.75"
08/14 2,497 40,279 52,913 45,784 89,786 83,424 Water level 6.63"
08/13 1,832 37,782 51,649 44,132 86,684 79,398 Water level 7.00"
08/12 1,710 35,950 49,729 41,847 83,372 76,169 Water level 7.00"
08/11 1,730 34,240 47,392 40,498 79,885 72,204 Water level 7.13"
08/10 2,031 32,510 44,744 39,420 75,775 69,880 Water level 7.00"
08/09 854 30,479 41,531 38,317 72,316 67,370 Water level 7.50"
08/08 1,343 29,625 39,437 35,393 68,592 65,534 Water level 7.88"
08/07 1,231 28,282 37,237 32,649 61,026 62,702 Water level 8.00"
08/06 1,312 27,051 34,664 29,066 52,767 60,618 Water level 8.25"
08/05 1,538 25,739 31,005 26,982 42,522 58,283 Water level 8.50"
08/04 2,354 24,201 28,254 25,438 31,901 55,878 Water level 8.88"
08/03 3,514 21,847 25,706 22,872 21,559 53,901 Water level 9.00"
08/02 2,402 18,333 23,352 20,077 18,257 51,048 Water level 9.00"
08/01 2,633 15,931 20,807 17,547 16,630 47,644 Water level 9.00"
07/31 2,193 13,298 19,181 16,621 15,640 42,779 Water level 9.38"
07/30 786 11,105 17,540 15,815 14,224 37,035 Water level 9.63"
07/29 380 10,319 15,063 15,333 13,195 29,067 Water level 10.13"
07/28 403 9,939 12,225 14,251 12,314 20,868 Water level 10.63"
07/27 575 9,536 9,961 13,142 11,212 16,797 Water level 11.25"
07/26 671 8,961 8,811 11,777 9,786 12,852 Water level 11.75"
07/25 901 8,290 8,447 10,797 8,364 10,878 Water level 12.38"
07/24 1,060 7,389 7,991 9,252 7,462 9,985 Water level 13.13"
07/23 741 6,329 7,468 7,643 6,567 9,150 Water level 13.75"
07/22 772 5,588 6,528 6,349 5,579 8,122 Water level 14.88"
07/21 637 4,816 5,506 5,779 4,371 7,470 Water level 14.75"
07/20 901 4,179 4,901 5,341 3,587 6,782 Water level 14.00"
07/19 758 3,278 4,123 4,823 3,008 6,120 Water level 11.63"
07/18 724 2,520 3,406 3,617 2,507 4,373 Water level 10.00"
07/17 678 1,796 2,254 2,921 1,618 3,354 Water level 10.13"
07/16 719 1,118 1,608 1,618 933 2,448 Water level 10.50"
07/15 399 399 697 488 414 1,550 First day of Late Run Water level 10.63"