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

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

  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
Daily Counts
Cumulative

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
2024
Count
2024
Cumulative
2024
Cumulative
2023
Cumulative
2022
Cumulative
2021
Cumulative
2020
Notes for
2024
Aug-29 - 1,280,000 2,351,020 1,567,750 2,441,825 1,714,565  
Aug-28 - 1,280,000 2,338,145 1,567,750 2,441,825 1,714,565  
Aug-27 - 1,280,000 2,325,281 1,567,750 2,441,825 1,714,565  
Aug-26 - 1,280,000 2,299,455 1,567,750 2,441,825 1,714,565  
Aug-25 - 1,280,000 2,263,705 1,567,750 2,441,825 1,714,565  
Aug-24 - 1,280,000 2,227,079 1,567,750 2,441,825 1,714,565  
Aug-23 - 1,280,000 2,198,592 1,567,750 2,429,603 1,707,857  
Aug-22 - 1,280,000 2,163,425 1,567,750 2,411,499 1,691,345  
Aug-21 - 1,280,000 2,111,704 1,567,750 2,388,169 1,673,568  
Aug-20 - 1,280,000 2,064,245 1,567,750 2,356,733 1,639,109  
Aug-19 - 1,280,000 2,033,106 1,567,750 2,319,069 1,604,367  
Aug-18 - 1,280,000 1,996,154 1,567,750 2,277,734 1,584,315  
Aug-17 - 1,280,000 1,962,560 1,567,750 2,236,215 1,538,056  
Aug-16 - 1,280,000 1,939,559 1,567,750 2,174,478 1,417,025  
Aug-15 - 1,280,000 1,908,283 1,556,397 2,118,634 1,320,259  
Aug-14 - 1,280,000 1,867,436 1,543,525 2,058,778 1,262,949  
Aug-13 - 1,280,000 1,837,418 1,537,335 2,006,101 1,163,074  
Aug-12 - 1,280,000 1,812,426 1,520,025 1,965,734 1,100,267  
Aug-11 - 1,280,000 1,778,658 1,493,208 1,917,129 1,053,200  
Aug-10 - 1,280,000 1,740,702 1,467,010 1,862,302 1,011,368  
Aug-09 - 1,280,000 1,703,162 1,445,798 1,806,076 987,205  
Aug-08 - 1,280,000 1,652,214 1,419,874 1,733,342 953,068  
Aug-07 - 1,280,000 1,607,594 1,398,157 1,643,592 928,672  
Aug-06 - 1,280,000 1,563,144 1,374,405 1,570,332 903,304  
Aug-05 - 1,280,000 1,518,840 1,354,490 1,490,303 864,592  
Aug-04 - 1,280,000 1,467,087 1,324,530 1,409,765 827,654  
Aug-03 - 1,280,000 1,413,562 1,298,179 1,299,863 788,795  
Aug-02 - 1,280,000 1,368,601 1,276,686 1,163,123 746,981  
Aug-01 - 1,280,000 1,327,978 1,240,534 1,011,598 711,262  
Jul-31 - 1,280,000 1,294,835 1,208,915 923,945 688,207  
Jul-30 - 1,280,000 1,251,726 1,192,013 845,960 647,489  
Jul-29 - 1,280,000 1,177,578 1,167,419 798,094 604,441  
Jul-28 - 1,280,000 1,039,734 1,142,945 723,230 563,809  
Jul-27 - 1,280,000 906,882 1,110,086 664,836 515,863  
Jul-26 - 1,280,000 759,912 1,053,976 602,203 477,859  
Jul-25 157,434 1,280,000 564,883 1,009,810 550,039 457,742 North Bank: 85,548; South Bank: 71,886
Jul-24 92,949 1,122,566 444,520 955,671 492,379 433,820 North Bank: 57,873; South Bank: 35,076
Jul-23 28,009 1,029,617 393,052 854,295 453,853 413,258 North Bank: 12,425; South Bank: 15,584
Jul-22 24,936 1,001,608 360,928 774,345 412,897 393,086 North Bank: 13,140; South Bank: 11,796
Jul-21 32,229 976,672 343,352 675,021 379,939 375,770 North Bank 17,994; South Bank 14,235
Jul-20 69,468 944,443 311,242 519,247 324,019 357,916 North Bank: 38,910; South Bank: 30,558
Jul-19 123,186 874,975 281,635 329,827 238,313 311,610 North Bank: 56,970; South Bank: 66,216
Jul-18 154,944 751,789 255,535 255,499 212,582 279,012 North Bank 69,390; South Bank 85,554
Jul-17 191,328 596,845 208,675 215,802 192,739 252,869 North Bank: 93,780; South Bank: 97,548
Jul-16 30,725 405,517 139,564 170,244 176,724 221,477 North Bank: 15,822; South Bank: 14,903
Jul-15 21,360 374,792 84,593 151,464 161,997 202,391 North Bank 8,694; South Bank 12,666
Jul-14 18,882 353,432 63,977 146,239 142,015 166,863 North Bank: 7,776; South Bank: 11,106
Jul-13 26,940 334,550 58,727 140,683 132,163 136,779 North Bank: 8,742; South Bank: 18,198
Jul-12 21,378 307,610 55,889 131,047 119,425 100,457 North Bank: 10,236; South Bank: 11,142
Jul-11 25,675 286,232 51,203 122,953 102,964 83,931 North Bank: 14,063; South Bank: 11,611
Jul-10 34,416 260,557 43,253 102,356 88,978 73,827 North Bank: 19,170; South Bank: 15,246
Jul-09 48,342 226,141 35,189 80,932 78,136 67,795 North Bank: 29,466; South Bank: 18,876
Jul-08 56,130 177,799 28,398 66,940 67,481 59,109 North Bank: 31,344; South Bank: 24,786
Jul-07 35,551 121,669 24,151 53,056 53,441 46,982 North Bank: 22,848; South Bank: 12,703
Jul-06 32,928 86,118 21,067 40,083 44,259 31,844 North Bank: 14,760; South Bank: 18,168
Jul-05 18,120 53,190 17,479 29,742 32,961 20,654 North Bank: 1,698; South Bank: 714
Jul-04 13,590 35,070 13,592 22,356 26,839 16,364 North Bank: 7,290; South Bank: 6,300
Jul-03 9,630 21,480 10,460 15,042 20,154 12,399 North Bank: 6,234; South Bank: 3,396
Jul-02 5,484 11,850 7,862 9,246 13,724 8,823 North Bank 2,814; South Bank 2,670
Jul-01 6,366 6,366 3,960 5,034 7,248 5,355 North Bank: 3,228; South Bank: 3,138