Columbia River Salmon Counts (Live Fish Counts at Bonneville & The Dalles)
Track live Columbia River salmon counts the moment the fish move. Oregon Angler pulls real-time daily passage from Columbia Basin Research (DART) at Bonneville Dam, The Dalles and McNary so you can time fall chinook, spring chinook, coho, sockeye and summer/winter steelhead runs before you launch.
Live Bonneville Dam fish counts
See year-to-date and daily fish counts for fall chinook, spring chinook, jack salmon, coho, sockeye and steelhead crossing Bonneville Dam — the single best early indicator of how many fish are pushing into the lower Columbia and Willamette.
Time the salmon run
Spring chinook typically peak March–May, sockeye in June–July, summer steelhead through summer, and fall chinook and coho August–October. Watching the daily count trend tells you when the bite is about to turn on at Buoy 10, the estuary, and upriver.
Species we track
Fall chinook (tule and upriver bright), spring chinook, coho (silver salmon), sockeye (red salmon), plus summer and winter steelhead. Counts are shown with a 30-day trend chart and year-to-date species totals.
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