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

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

  • 2025
  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
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
2025
Count
2025
Cumulative
2025
Cumulative
2024
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2023
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2022
Cumulative
2021
Notes for
2025
Sep-10 - 66,681 70,009 160,430 124,561 123,950  
Sep-09 - 66,681 70,009 159,903 124,561 123,950  
Sep-08 - 66,681 70,009 159,192 124,561 123,950  
Sep-07 - 66,681 70,009 158,501 124,536 123,950  
Sep-06 - 66,681 70,009 157,476 123,816 123,800  
Sep-05 - 66,681 70,009 156,225 123,129 123,200  
Sep-04 - 66,681 70,009 154,628 122,112 122,603  
Sep-03 - 66,681 70,009 152,755 121,011 122,121  
Sep-02 90 66,681 69,378 151,247 119,963 121,361 Water level 6.25". last day of full counts was 9/1/25. Weir was pulled at ~09:35 on 9/2/25
Sep-01 287 66,591 68,748 149,701 118,712 120,347 Water level 6.75"
Aug-31 233 66,304 68,204 147,663 117,447 119,024 Water level 6.75"
Aug-30 325 66,071 67,573 145,875 116,155 117,405 Water level 6.75"
Aug-29 730 65,746 66,746 142,941 114,586 116,217 Water level 5.75"
Aug-28 270 65,016 65,906 139,894 112,672 114,952 Water level 6.00"
Aug-27 426 64,746 65,054 137,355 111,007 113,577 Water level 6.00"
Aug-26 628 64,320 63,954 134,378 109,473 111,921 Water level 5.75"
Aug-25 1,027 63,692 63,065 131,455 107,834 110,300 Water level 5.50"
Aug-24 1,012 62,665 61,865 128,072 106,291 108,168 Water level 5.75"
Aug-23 1,022 61,653 60,912 123,947 104,992 105,687 Water level 5.75
Aug-22 1,125 60,631 59,476 119,581 102,956 103,521 Water level 5.75"
Aug-21 1,058 59,506 58,247 114,958 101,204 101,969 Water level 6.25"
Aug-20 1,126 58,448 56,734 111,586 99,148 99,547 Water level 6.25"
Aug-19 855 57,322 55,416 108,336 97,032 95,920 Water level 6.25"
Aug-18 635 56,467 53,508 104,409 95,108 93,090 Water level 6.75"
Aug-17 607 55,832 51,983 100,012 92,580 90,155 Water level 6.75"
Aug-16 892 55,225 49,951 96,611 89,713 86,123 Water level 7.00"
Aug-15 1,420 54,333 46,984 93,009 87,321 82,539 Water level 7.25"
Aug-14 1,264 52,913 45,784 89,786 83,424 79,058 Water level 7.50"
Aug-13 1,920 51,649 44,132 86,684 79,398 75,039 Water level 7.625"
Aug-12 2,337 49,729 41,847 83,372 76,169 70,421 Water level 8.00"
Aug-11 2,648 47,392 40,498 79,885 72,204 66,411 Water level 8.00"
Aug-10 3,213 44,744 39,420 75,775 69,880 61,889 Water level 8.25"
Aug-09 2,094 41,531 38,317 72,316 67,370 57,065 Water level 8.50"
Aug-08 2,200 39,437 35,393 68,592 65,534 51,981 Water level 8.75"
Aug-07 2,573 37,237 32,649 61,026 62,702 47,060 Water level 9.00"
Aug-06 3,659 34,664 29,066 52,767 60,618 41,797 Water level 9.00"
Aug-05 2,751 31,005 26,982 42,522 58,283 36,529 Water level 9.25"
Aug-04 2,548 28,254 25,438 31,901 55,878 32,653 Water level 9.75"
Aug-03 2,354 25,706 22,872 21,559 53,901 28,627 Water level 10.00"
Aug-02 2,545 23,352 20,077 18,257 51,048 23,728 Water level 10.00"
Aug-01 1,626 20,807 17,547 16,630 47,644 20,568 Water level 10.00"
Jul-31 1,641 19,181 16,621 15,640 42,779 18,865 Water level 10.25"
Jul-30 2,477 17,540 15,815 14,224 37,035 17,362 Water level 10.25"
Jul-29 2,838 15,063 15,333 13,195 29,067 16,360 Water level 10.50"
Jul-28 2,264 12,225 14,251 12,314 20,868 14,764 Water level 10.75"
Jul-27 1,150 9,961 13,142 11,212 16,797 12,283 Water level 11.00"
Jul-26 364 8,811 11,777 9,786 12,852 11,075 Water level 11.25"
Jul-25 456 8,447 10,797 8,364 10,878 10,117 Water level 10.75"
Jul-24 523 7,991 9,252 7,462 9,985 9,339 Water level 10.75"
Jul-23 940 7,468 7,643 6,567 9,150 8,829 Water level 10.75"
Jul-22 1,022 6,528 6,349 5,579 8,122 7,616 Water level 10.87"
Jul-21 605 5,506 5,779 4,371 7,470 6,925 Water level 10.90"
Jul-20 778 4,901 5,341 3,587 6,782 5,966 Water level 11.00"
Jul-19 717 4,123 4,823 3,008 6,120 4,725 Water level 11.00"
Jul-18 1,152 3,406 3,617 2,507 4,373 3,603 Water level 11.25"
Jul-17 646 2,254 2,921 1,618 3,354 2,583 Water level 11.38"
Jul-16 911 1,608 1,618 933 2,448 1,757 Water level 11.5"
Jul-15 697 697 488 414 1,550 969 Water level 11.50"