Due to network and cyber security issues, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can no longer host live video of fish at Bonneville Dam. Fish counts are available at the Fish Passage Center,...
Oregon and Washington will reopen spring chinook salmon fishing Friday on the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam. More salmon than expected in counts at the dam allowed approval Wednesday of a two ...
Adult Chinook passage at Bonneville Dam through April 13 totals 1,110 adult fish, compared to the recent 10-year average of 872 fish and the recent five-year average cumulative adult count of 887 fish. It is still very early in the return; passage is typically less than 1% complete by April 13, based on both the recent 5- and 10-year averages.
The Bonneville Dam fish count camera provides a real-time view of migrating fish as they pass through the fish ladder. It helps track species like salmon and steelhead during seasonal runs
Explore Bonneville Dam fish count updates, salmon migration trends, and data for 2025 to understand Columbia River fish populations.
Information on numbers of fish crossing the Columbia and Snake River dams is taken from data posted by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and is updated during the counting season.
State salmon managers are reopening the Lower Columbia for spring Chinook for three more days after catch estimates showed a large enough harvestable balance still available below Bonneville Dam.
Data Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NWD and Chelan, Douglas, and Grant County PUDs, Yakima Klickitat Fisheries Project, Colville Tribes Fish & Wildlife (OBMEP), Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife