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Location: Deshka
Species: Chinook
Method: Weir

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

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

Description: Deshka:The Deshka weir is located at river mile 7. Escapement of king and coho salmon is monitored using a resistance board weir that operates from about May 20 through September 15. The Deshka is semi remote, entering the Susitna on its west side, opposite of the road system. It can be accessed by river boats launched at Deshka Landing near Willow or Susitna Landing at the mouth of Kashwitna River or by airplane. The expansive mouth area is popular for salmon fishing. The lower 7 miles of river is also popular, but only navigable by shallower running jet or air boats.

Sustainable Escapement Goal for Chinook in 2020: 9,000 - 18,000 (Graphed above)
Sustainable Escapement Goal for Coho: 10,200 - 24,100

Contact: Area Management Biologist,
(907) 746-6334

102 records returned for the years selected. Dashes indicate days with no count.
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Date
2022
Count
2022
Cumulative
2022
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2021
Cumulative
2020
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2019
Cumulative
2018
Notes for
2022
Aug-29 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,695 8,544  
Aug-28 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,695 8,544  
Aug-27 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,695 8,544  
Aug-26 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,695 8,544  
Aug-25 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,695 8,544  
Aug-24 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,694 8,542  
Aug-23 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,691 8,542  
Aug-21 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,688 8,542  
Aug-20 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,677 8,542  
Aug-19 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,653 8,540  
Aug-18 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,644 8,539  
Aug-17 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,641 8,535  
Aug-16 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,637 8,532  
Aug-15 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,633 8,531  
Aug-14 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,633 8,530  
Aug-13 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,628 8,528  
Aug-12 - 5,436 18,583 10,638 9,623 8,527  
Aug-11 - 5,436 18,583 10,627 9,620 8,527  
Aug-10 - 5,436 18,552 10,616 9,618 8,527  
Aug-09 - 5,436 18,546 10,613 9,617 8,527  
Aug-08 0 5,436 18,533 10,612 9,614 8,521 AM count. Project Ended.
Aug-07 7 5,436 18,506 10,611 9,612 8,518  
Aug-06 12 5,429 18,496 10,609 9,610 8,514  
Aug-05 5 5,417 18,494 10,604 9,607 8,514  
Aug-04 6 5,412 18,492 10,602 9,604 8,511 Water level 2.56 Acceptable clarity.
Aug-03 0 5,406 18,491 10,598 9,602 8,508 Water level 2.80 Clarity acceptable.
Aug-02 1 5,406 18,481 10,597 9,596 8,506 Water level 2.60 Acceptable Clarity
Aug-01 0 5,405 18,476 10,596 9,595 8,502 Water level 2.65 Clarity acceptable.
Jul-31 1 5,405 18,467 10,595 9,594 8,497 Water level 2.75 Acceptable Clarity.
Jul-30 3 5,404 18,460 10,593 9,584 8,492 Water level 2.80 Acceptable Clarity.
Jul-29 2 5,401 18,456 10,592 9,575 8,482 Water level 3.40 Acceptable Clarity.
Jul-28 0 5,399 18,456 10,592 9,569 8,475 Water level 3.60 Acceptable clarity. Weir back up and functional.
Jul-27 3 5,399 18,448 10,590 9,549 8,470 Water level 4.20 Weir flooded
Jul-26 0 5,396 18,444 10,587 9,544 8,466 Water level 3.95
Jul-25 0 5,396 18,402 10,582 9,533 8,460 Water level 4.70 Moderate Clarity
Jul-24 0 5,396 18,357 10,580 9,515 8,452 Water level 5.00 Poor Clarity
Jul-23 0 5,396 18,357 10,574 9,509 8,434 Water level 4.65 Poor Clarity
Jul-22 0 5,396 18,299 10,573 9,505 8,391 Water level 4.35 Poor Clarity
Jul-21 0 5,396 18,241 10,571 9,499 8,369 Water level 4.20 Poor clarity
Jul-20 0 5,396 18,230 10,570 9,498 8,345 Water level 4.20
Jul-19 0 5,396 18,223 10,569 9,484 8,311 water level 3.4 water clarity poor.
Jul-18 0 5,396 18,210 10,566 9,479 8,301 Water level 3.80 Zero clarity.
Jul-17 0 5,396 18,197 10,551 9,474 8,264 Water level 3.50 Poor clarity
Jul-16 72 5,396 18,180 10,547 9,448 8,229 Water level 2.30 Poor clarity
Jul-15 0 5,324 18,089 10,534 9,395 8,220 Water level 1.10 Excellent clarity
Jul-14 2 5,324 18,031 10,528 9,227 8,210 Water level 1.61 Excellent clarity
Jul-13 1 5,322 17,990 10,502 8,899 8,197 Water level 1.56 Excellent clarity.
Jul-12 7 5,321 17,851 10,480 8,740 8,139 Water level 1.50 Excellent clarity.
Jul-11 0 5,314 17,824 10,391 7,889 8,136 Water level 1.49
Jul-10 15 5,314 17,791 10,370 7,537 8,125 Water level 1.40
Jul-09 5 5,299 17,683 10,305 7,521 8,001 Water level 1.41
Jul-08 3 5,294 17,598 10,259 7,521 7,996 Water level 1.41
Jul-07 103 5,291 17,386 10,191 7,520 7,987 Water level 1.41 Excellent clarity
Jul-06 5 5,188 17,359 10,185 7,519 7,839 Water level 1.43 Excellent clarity
Jul-05 50 5,183 17,302 10,170 7,519 7,821 Water level 1.45 Excellent clarity
Jul-04 0 5,133 17,296 9,950 7,518 7,716 Water level 1.48 Excellent clarity
Jul-03 2 5,133 17,294 9,652 7,518 7,673 Water level 1.55 Excellent clarity
Jul-02 73 5,131 17,246 9,588 7,514 7,652 Water level 1.56 Excellent clarity
Jul-01 101 5,058 17,121 9,344 7,510 7,639 Water level 1.58 Excellent clarity
Jun-30 82 4,957 16,828 9,333 7,508 7,555 Water level 1.57 Excellent clarity
Jun-29 142 4,875 16,703 9,190 7,494 7,449 Water level 1.60 Excellent clarity
Jun-28 264 4,733 16,567 9,141 7,494 7,330 Water level 1.65 Excellent clarity
Jun-27 191 4,469 16,345 8,676 7,471 7,031 Water level 1.65 Excellent clarity
Jun-26 79 4,278 16,163 8,469 7,433 6,817 Water level 1.67
Jun-25 185 4,199 15,580 8,426 7,382 6,588 Water level 1.70
Jun-24 100 4,014 15,127 7,786 7,366 6,246 Water level 1.85
Jun-23 151 3,914 14,775 6,669 7,153 5,923 Water level 1.8
Jun-22 882 3,763 14,557 6,646 7,100 5,305 Water level 1.85 Excellent clarity
Jun-21 92 2,881 13,172 5,642 6,767 4,628 Water level 1.85
Jun-20 3 2,789 12,078 4,952 6,734 4,248 Water level 1.89
Jun-19 1,058 2,786 11,312 4,622 6,486 3,983 Water level 1.88
Jun-18 61 1,728 10,291 4,008 6,214 3,974 Water level 1.91
Jun-17 324 1,667 9,807 3,077 5,605 3,804 Water level 1.90
Jun-16 247 1,343 9,528 2,702 4,735 2,354 Water Level 1.98, water clarity excellent.
Jun-15 482 1,096 7,788 2,486 4,351 1,877 Water Level 2.00
Jun-14 10 614 6,173 1,744 3,845 1,376  
Jun-13 505 604 5,119 1,389 3,596 1,206 Water Level 2.09
Jun-12 3 99 4,160 1,215 3,032 1,177 Water level 2.11
Jun-11 24 96 3,480 894 2,648 1,141 Water level 2.18
Jun-10 40 72 2,867 835 2,150 1,110 Water level 2.23
Jun-09 15 32 2,270 747 1,404 1,010 Water level 2.88
Jun-08 0 17 1,700 741 909 984 Water level 2.92
Jun-07 1 17 1,257 659 665 920 Water level 2.98
Jun-06 1 16 970 369 576 868 Water level 3.00
Jun-05 1 15 546 103 534 785 Water level 3.10
Jun-04 0 14 452 2 451 651 Water level 3.10
Jun-03 9 14 415 0 367 376 Water level 3.20
Jun-02 5 5 278 0 365 215 Water level 3.50
Jun-01 - 0 251 0 338 60 Weir installed
May-31 - - 218 0 315 27  
May-30 - - 88 0 251 2  
May-29 - - 73 0 199 0  
May-28 - - 70 0 140 0  
May-27 - - 58 0 113 0  
May-26 - - 42 0 112 0  
May-25 - - 39 0 88 0  
May-24 - - 11 0 60 0  
May-23 - - 10 0 29 0  
May-22 - - 4 0 18 0  
May-21 - - 0 0 6 0  
May-19 - - 0 0 0 0