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Bonneville Dam — Sockeye

Sockeye salmon · Dam ladder count · Columbia River mile 146

2026 season — final

74,033

Sockeye salmon past the dam in 2026

The 2026 Bonneville Dam sockeye finished at 74,033 sockeye past the dam — 76% below the 10-year average final of 309,403 (mean of 10 seasons, 2016–2025); the preseason forecast for the run was 274,900, and passage finished at 27% of that forecast (a run forecast is not a goal for this count).

Preseason forecast 274,900 — a run forecast, not a goal for this count

Season summary

The 2026 season, finished — compare it with earlier years. Toggle seasons, flip between daily counts and the cumulative run, and overlay the 10-year average and the preseason forecast.

Cumulative count vs the 10-year average

89,904179,807269,711359,614AprMayJunJulAugSepOct

2026 final run  10-year average (mean of 2016–2025)  Middle half of seasons

Daily counts, 2026

Peak Jun 23 — 5,171AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Daily count table
DateCountCumulative
Apr 0100
Apr 0200
Apr 0300
Apr 0400
Apr 0500
Apr 0600
Apr 0700
Apr 0800
Apr 0900
Apr 1000
Apr 1100
Apr 1200
Apr 1300
Apr 1400
Apr 1500
Apr 1600
Apr 1700
Apr 1800
Apr 1900
Apr 2000
Apr 2100
Apr 2200
Apr 2300
Apr 2400
Apr 2500
Apr 2600
Apr 2700
Apr 2800
Apr 2900
Apr 3000
May 0100
May 0200
May 0300
May 0400
May 0500
May 0600
May 0700
May 0800
May 0900
May 1000
May 1100
May 1200
May 1300
May 1400
May 1500
May 1600
May 1700
May 1800
May 1900
May 2000
May 2100
May 2200
May 2300
May 2400
May 2511
May 2612
May 2779
May 28413
May 29518
May 30927
May 311946
Jun 012066
Jun 023096
Jun 0336132
Jun 0477209
Jun 0570279
Jun 0667346
Jun 07136482
Jun 08142624
Jun 09174798
Jun 102381,036
Jun 114041,440
Jun 125852,025
Jun 137712,796
Jun 141,0183,814
Jun 151,2585,072
Jun 161,6676,739
Jun 172,1938,932
Jun 182,10111,033
Jun 193,03614,069
Jun 203,98418,053
Jun 214,55322,606
Jun 224,84127,447
Jun 235,17132,618
Jun 244,06236,680
Jun 254,81241,492
Jun 264,74846,240
Jun 273,06249,302
Jun 281,95251,254
Jun 292,82954,083
Jun 302,52756,610
Jul 012,07458,684
Jul 021,98760,671
Jul 032,17562,846
Jul 041,93964,785
Jul 052,00466,789
Jul 061,59168,380
Jul 071,25169,631
Jul 0892770,558
Jul 0961271,170
Jul 1043671,606
Jul 1146872,074
Jul 1246372,537
Jul 1336772,904
Jul 1422173,125
Jul 1515073,275
Jul 1612973,404
Jul 1711973,523
Jul 187973,602
Jul 195973,661
Jul 207573,736
Jul 215873,794
Jul 222873,822
Jul 234573,867
Jul 244673,913
Jul 252073,933
Jul 261873,951
Jul 27773,958
Jul 28573,963
Jul 29773,970
Jul 30973,979
Jul 31473,983
Aug 01973,992
Aug 02874,000
Aug 03774,007
Aug 04074,007
Aug 05274,009
Aug 06174,010
Aug 07574,015
Aug 08074,015
Aug 09274,017
Aug 10174,018
Aug 11074,018
Aug 12074,018
Aug 13074,018
Aug 14074,018
Aug 15174,019
Aug 16174,020
Aug 17174,021
Aug 18274,023
Aug 19074,023
Aug 20274,025
Aug 21-174,024
Aug 22074,024
Aug 23474,028
Aug 24174,029
Aug 25074,029
Aug 26074,029
Aug 27174,030
Aug 28174,031
Aug 29074,031
Aug 30074,031
Aug 31074,031
Sep 01074,031
Sep 02074,031
Sep 03074,031
Sep 04274,033
Sep 05074,033
Sep 06074,033
Sep 07074,033
Sep 08074,033
Sep 09074,033
Sep 10074,033
Sep 11074,033
Sep 12074,033
Sep 13074,033
Sep 14074,033
Sep 15074,033
Sep 16074,033
Sep 17074,033
Sep 18074,033
Sep 19074,033
Sep 20074,033
Sep 21074,033
Sep 22074,033
Sep 23074,033
Sep 24074,033
Sep 25074,033
Sep 26074,033
Sep 27074,033
Sep 28074,033
Sep 29074,033
Sep 30074,033
Oct 01074,033
Oct 02074,033
Oct 03074,033
Oct 04074,033
Oct 05074,033
Oct 06074,033
Oct 07074,033
Oct 08074,033
Oct 09074,033
Oct 10074,033
Oct 11074,033
Oct 12074,033
Oct 13074,033
Oct 14074,033
Oct 15074,033
Oct 16074,033
Oct 17074,033
Oct 18074,033
Oct 19074,033
Oct 20074,033
Oct 21074,033
Oct 22074,033
Oct 23074,033
Oct 24074,033
Oct 25074,033
Oct 26074,033
Oct 27074,033
Oct 28074,033
Oct 29074,033
Oct 30074,033
Oct 31074,033

Preseason forecast

The 2026 preseason forecast was 274,900 sockeye returning to the Columbia River; nearly all of them pass Bonneville. It is a run forecast, not a dam goal.

2026 preseason forecast, Joint Staff Report (WDFW / ODFW / CRITFC), via ODFW's Columbia River forecast table.

Final passage at this counter: 74,033 — 27% of the forecast. For scale, the 2016–2025 average final is 309,403.

Final counts by year

YearFinal countvs 10-yr avg
202674,033below average
2025166,711below average
2024755,909above average
2023327,600above average
2022663,253above average
2021151,765below average
2020341,739above average
201963,046below average
2018193,816below average
201787,693below average
2016342,496above average

About this count

How it is counted: Dam ladder count at Columbia River mile 146.

Dam day counts are expanded estimates: counters watch the ladders 16 hours a day, 50 minutes of every hour, and the day count is that tally multiplied by 1.2. Fish passing at night, through the navigation lock or through turbines are not counted. The Corps reviews counts with video after the season and occasionally revises them.

Counts post daily in season; in-season figures are preliminary, and the Corps reviews the season after it closes — the figures here are the final published ones. Source: Fish Passage Center — Adult Data Query (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers counts).