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

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

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

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

Weekly Sportfish Fishing Report for this area

56 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
Sep-08 25 124,561 123,950 78,832 64,585 71,052 Water level 8.75" Weir pulled at ~11:15 a.m. Last day of counts.
Sep-07 720 124,536 123,950 78,816 64,585 71,052 Water level 9.75"
Sep-06 687 123,816 123,800 78,499 64,585 71,052 Water level 10.00"
Sep-05 1,017 123,129 123,200 78,169 64,585 70,812 Water level 10.50"
Sep-04 1,101 122,112 122,603 77,624 64,585 70,388 Water level 11.00"
Sep-03 1,048 121,011 122,121 77,109 64,585 69,654 Water level 11.38"
Sep-02 1,251 119,963 121,361 76,466 64,585 68,956 Water level 11.25"
Sep-01 1,265 118,712 120,347 75,571 64,585 68,240 Water level 11.38"
Aug-31 1,292 117,447 119,024 74,640 64,585 67,451 Water level 11.25"
Aug-30 1,569 116,155 117,405 73,650 64,585 66,282 Water level 11.50"
Aug-29 1,914 114,586 116,217 72,688 64,585 65,003 Water level 11.88"
Aug-28 1,665 112,672 114,952 71,600 64,585 63,883 Water level 13.25"
Aug-27 1,534 111,007 113,577 70,563 64,585 62,677 Water level 12.75"
Aug-26 1,639 109,473 111,921 69,490 64,585 61,300 Water level 13.25"
Aug-25 1,543 107,834 110,300 68,052 64,585 59,788 Water level 12.25"
Aug-24 1,299 106,291 108,168 66,790 64,585 58,485 Water level 12.75"
Aug-23 2,036 104,992 105,687 65,558 64,585 57,020 Water level 12.50"
Aug-22 1,752 102,956 103,521 63,566 64,585 55,544 Water level 12.75"
Aug-21 2,056 101,204 101,969 61,748 64,585 54,010 Water level 12.75"
Aug-20 2,116 99,148 99,547 59,485 64,585 52,612 Water level 12.00"
Aug-19 1,924 97,032 95,920 57,374 64,585 51,399 Water level 12.25"
Aug-18 2,528 95,108 93,090 55,477 64,585 49,871 Water level 11.00"
Aug-17 2,867 92,580 90,155 53,319 64,277 47,486 Water level 9.13"
Aug-16 2,392 89,713 86,123 51,464 62,135 45,174 Water level 8.75"
Aug-15 3,897 87,321 82,539 49,316 60,083 43,357 Water level 8.70"
Aug-14 4,026 83,424 79,058 48,066 57,834 41,960 Water level 8.38"
Aug-13 3,229 79,398 75,039 46,844 55,043 40,139 Water level 8.13"
Aug-12 3,965 76,169 70,421 45,525 51,310 38,171 Water level 7.75"
Aug-11 2,324 72,204 66,411 43,960 47,568 36,610 Water level 7.75"
Aug-10 2,510 69,880 61,889 41,720 45,053 34,795 Water level 8.00"
Aug-09 1,836 67,370 57,065 38,940 42,600 33,048 Water level 8.00"
Aug-08 2,832 65,534 51,981 35,783 41,287 31,388 Water level 8.50"
Aug-07 2,084 62,702 47,060 33,623 40,023 29,204 Water level 7.50"
Aug-06 2,335 60,618 41,797 31,965 38,007 27,863 Water level 7.75"
Aug-05 2,405 58,283 36,529 29,786 35,891 26,688 Water level 7.75"
Aug-04 1,977 55,878 32,653 26,852 33,840 24,725 Water level 7.75"
Aug-03 2,853 53,901 28,627 25,311 31,286 23,764 Water level 7.75"
Aug-02 3,404 51,048 23,728 23,396 28,838 22,854 Water level 8.00"
Aug-01 4,865 47,644 20,568 22,412 24,537 22,192 Water level 8.00"
Jul-31 5,744 42,779 18,865 21,257 22,837 19,232 Water level 8.13"
Jul-30 7,968 37,035 17,362 19,391 20,931 17,812 Water level 8.25"
Jul-29 8,199 29,067 16,360 18,031 19,012 15,624 Water level 8.50"
Jul-28 4,071 20,868 14,764 15,301 17,450 13,557 Water level 8.75"
Jul-27 3,945 16,797 12,283 12,975 16,322 11,821 Water level 9.00"
Jul-26 1,974 12,852 11,075 11,863 14,988 10,402 Water level 9.00"
Jul-25 893 10,878 10,117 11,095 13,989 9,158 Water level 9.25"
Jul-24 835 9,985 9,339 10,474 12,808 8,562 Water level 9.75"
Jul-23 1,028 9,150 8,829 8,730 10,792 8,125 Water level 10.00"
Jul-22 652 8,122 7,616 7,834 9,429 7,296 Water level 10.25"
Jul-21 688 7,470 6,925 6,485 8,218 6,094 Water level 10.12"
Jul-20 662 6,782 5,966 5,275 7,402 4,084 Water level 10.50"
Jul-19 1,747 6,120 4,725 3,952 6,658 2,232 Water level 10.75"
Jul-18 1,019 4,373 3,603 2,837 4,772 1,727 Water level 11.25"
Jul-17 906 3,354 2,583 2,205 3,185 940 Water level 11.25"
Jul-16 898 2,448 1,757 1,404 1,458 425 Water level 10.75"
Jul-15 1,550 1,550 969 610 819 204 Water level 10.75"