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Kenai River (late-run sockeye) Sockeye for 2026

Location: Kenai River (late-run sockeye)
Species: Sockeye
Method: Sonar

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

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

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Description: The DIDSON (sonar) is used to estimate passage of late-run sockeye salmon at river mile 19 of the Kenai River. The department manages Kenai River late-run sockeye salmon to achieve a sustainable escapement goal (SEG), and also follows inriver management targets established by the Alaska Board of Fisheries. The primary inseason management target for late-run Kenai River sockeye salmon is the inriver goal. These inriver goals vary year to year depending on the estimated run size in the Kenai River. The sockeye salmon sonar enumeration process uses a fish wheel to determine the proportions and counts of pink, coho, and chum salmon each day.

Inriver Goal for Sockeye in 2022: 1,100,000 - 1,400,000 (Graphed above)
Sustainable Escapement Goal for Sockeye: 750,000 - 1,300,000

Contact: Upper Cook Inlet Assnt. Comm Fish Biologist,
(907) 262-9368

Weekly Sportfish Fishing Report for this area

60 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		 Cumulative
2023		 Cumulative
2022		 Notes for
2026
08/29 - 1,060,428 4,286,091 1,926,350 2,351,020 1,567,750  
08/28 - 1,060,428 4,286,091 1,926,350 2,338,145 1,567,750  
08/27 - 1,060,428 4,286,091 1,926,350 2,325,281 1,567,750  
08/26 - 1,060,428 4,286,091 1,926,350 2,299,455 1,567,750  
08/25 - 1,060,428 4,286,091 1,926,350 2,263,705 1,567,750  
08/24 - 1,060,428 4,286,091 1,926,350 2,227,079 1,567,750  
08/23 - 1,060,428 4,286,091 1,926,350 2,198,592 1,567,750  
08/22 - 1,060,428 4,286,091 1,926,350 2,163,425 1,567,750  
08/21 - 1,060,428 4,286,091 1,926,350 2,111,704 1,567,750  
08/20 - 1,060,428 4,286,091 1,926,350 2,064,245 1,567,750  
08/19 - 1,060,428 4,286,091 1,926,350 2,033,106 1,567,750  
08/18 - 1,060,428 4,265,264 1,926,350 1,996,154 1,567,750  
08/17 - 1,060,428 4,236,697 1,926,350 1,962,560 1,567,750  
08/16 - 1,060,428 4,204,100 1,926,350 1,939,559 1,567,750  
08/15 - 1,060,428 4,153,949 1,926,350 1,908,283 1,556,397  
08/14 - 1,060,428 4,124,915 1,926,350 1,867,436 1,543,525  
08/13 - 1,060,428 4,087,690 1,926,350 1,837,418 1,537,335  
08/12 - 1,060,428 4,052,460 1,926,350 1,812,426 1,520,025  
08/11 - 1,060,428 4,002,524 1,926,350 1,778,658 1,493,208  
08/10 - 1,060,428 3,949,870 1,926,350 1,740,702 1,467,010  
08/09 - 1,060,428 3,908,534 1,926,350 1,703,162 1,445,798  
08/08 - 1,060,428 3,859,331 1,914,413 1,652,214 1,419,874  
08/07 - 1,060,428 3,780,097 1,907,555 1,607,594 1,398,157  
08/06 - 1,060,428 3,704,351 1,879,716 1,563,144 1,374,405  
08/05 12,289 1,060,428 3,639,764 1,861,869 1,518,840 1,354,490 Left Bank: 7,091; Right Bank: 5,198
08/04 19,817 1,048,139 3,531,412 1,839,817 1,467,087 1,324,530 Left Bank: 12,527; Right Bank: 7,290
08/03 24,615 1,028,322 3,422,591 1,815,678 1,413,562 1,298,179 Left Bank: 12,839; Right Bank: 11,776
08/02 9,608 1,003,707 3,307,427 1,781,952 1,368,601 1,276,686 Left Bank: 4,909; Right Bank: 4,699
08/01 12,172 994,099 3,168,693 1,744,454 1,327,978 1,240,534 Left Bank: 4,092; Right Bank: 8,080
07/31 13,504 981,927 2,973,597 1,695,570 1,294,835 1,208,915 Left Bank: 7,503; Right Bank: 6,001
07/30 28,134 968,423 2,823,825 1,649,004 1,251,726 1,192,013 Left Bank: 16,593; Right Bank: 11,541
07/29 31,082 940,289 2,694,797 1,595,570 1,177,578 1,167,419 Left Bank: 17,555; Right Bank: 13,527
07/28 60,835 909,207 2,590,103 1,524,656 1,039,734 1,142,945 Left Bank: 29,338; Right Bank: 31,497
07/27 97,202 848,372 2,414,278 1,456,982 906,882 1,110,086 Left Bank: 49,383; Right Bank: 47,819
07/26 152,343 751,170 2,164,334 1,382,624 759,912 1,053,976 Left Bank: 74,781; Right Bank: 77,562
07/25 159,801 598,827 1,993,416 1,280,000 564,883 1,009,810 Left bank: 77,489 fish Right bank: 83,808 fish
07/24 171,844 439,026 1,863,654 1,122,566 444,520 955,671 Left Bank: 71,733 Right Bank: 100,522
07/23 26,784 267,182 1,704,005 1,029,617 393,052 854,295 Left Bank: 14,660; Right Bank: 10,568
07/22 11,603 240,398 1,512,314 1,001,608 360,928 774,345 Left Bank: 6,782; Right Bank: 4,821
07/21 18,040 228,795 1,334,873 976,672 343,352 675,021 Left Bank: 9,747; Right Bank: 8,293
07/20 17,231 210,755 1,087,090 944,443 311,242 519,247 Left Bank: 7,484; Right Bank: 9,747
07/19 23,584 193,524 874,414 874,975 281,635 329,827 Left Bank: 8,693; Right Bank: 14,891
07/18 15,995 169,940 710,622 751,789 255,535 255,499 Left Bank: 5,156; Right Bank: 10,839
07/17 14,545 153,945 592,209 596,845 208,675 215,802 Left Bank: 6,523; Right Bank: 8,022
07/16 9,705 139,400 470,468 405,517 139,564 170,244 Left Bank: 3,758; Right Bank: 5,947
07/15 9,366 129,695 361,760 374,792 84,593 151,464 Left Bank: 4,040; Right Bank: 5,326
07/14 13,100 120,329 310,317 353,432 63,977 146,239 Left Bank: 6,048; Right Bank: 7,052
07/13 9,637 107,229 287,217 334,550 58,727 140,683 Left Bank: 4,316; Right Bank: 5,321
07/12 8,277 97,592 262,253 307,610 55,889 131,047 Left Bank: 3,037; Right Bank: 5,240
07/11 10,139 89,315 231,769 286,232 51,203 122,953 Left Bank: 3,781; Right Bank: 6,358
07/10 11,080 79,176 207,013 260,557 43,253 102,356 Left Bank: 3,631; Right Bank: 7,449
07/09 12,048 68,096 161,375 226,141 35,189 80,932 Left Bank: 3,691; Right Bank: 8,357
07/08 9,028 56,048 117,499 177,799 28,398 66,940 Left Bank: 3,497; Right Bank: 5,531
07/07 6,708 47,020 88,101 121,669 24,151 53,056 Left Bank: 2,500; Right Bank: 4,208
07/06 5,024 40,312 65,026 86,118 21,067 40,083 Left Bank: 1,335; Right Bank: 3,689
07/05 7,729 35,288 49,704 53,190 17,479 29,742 Left Bank: 1,468; Right Bank: 6,261
07/04 10,893 27,559 35,441 35,070 13,592 22,356 Left Bank: 3,045 ; Right Bank: 7,848
07/03 7,651 16,666 22,697 21,480 10,460 15,042 Left Bank: 2,219; Right Bank: 5,432
07/02 3,598 9,015 14,464 11,850 7,862 9,246 Left Bank: 1,011 ; Right Bank: 2,587
07/01 5,417 5,417 7,312 6,366 3,960 5,034 Left Bank (historically South Bank): 1,918 ; Right Bank (historically North Bank): 3,499