Fish swimming right now · Columbia River
513 salmon swam past Bonneville Dam yesterday
Plus 4 steelhead. The fall Chinook run is on. Counted at the dam’s fish ladders and posted every day.
Count for Oct 27, 2026
513
10-year average for that day: 819
905,614
17% below the 10-year average (1,092,884 by Oct 27)
No recent reading
DART's last reading at the dam: 20.2 °C (68.4 °F) on Sep 9, 2026
| Species | Oct 27 | 10-yr avg | This year | 10-yr avg to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinooksalmon | 119 | 226 | 581,829 | 567,775 |
| Chinook jackssalmon | 21 | 45 | 142,111 | 83,717 |
| Cohosalmon | 340 | 505 | 93,809 | 118,414 |
| Coho jackssalmon | 32 | 41 | 13,821 | 13,565 |
| Sockeyesalmon | 0 | 0 | 74,033 | 309,404 |
| Chumsalmon | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Pinksalmon | 0 | – | 7 | – |
| Steelhead21,952 wild this year | 4 | 56 | 63,189 | 124,440 |
| American shad | 0 | 0 | 2,800,954 | 4,685,362 |
| Pacific lamprey (daytime) | 0 | 0 | 13,718 | 38,310 |
What counts as a salmon here: Chinook, coho, sockeye, chum and pink, adults and jacks (males that come back a year early). Steelhead are sea-run rainbow trout, so they are counted on their own. Counts are net: a fish that drops back down the ladder is subtracted.
Caught one? Make it a card.Snap your catch in Reelio and collect every species. Free on iPhone.Fish counts: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, counted at the Bonneville Dam fish ladders. Data via Columbia River DART, Columbia Basin Research, University of Washington. 10-year averages are DART’s daily averages for 2016-2025. The Corps furnishes these data without any warranty of accuracy.