When the Fish are Running

Salmon Runs

First Run King Salmon
This run begins in mid May and continues through the month of June.

Second Run King Salmon
This run of king Salmon start upstream July 1 and continue through July 31st.

First Run Sockeye Salmon
These fish begin to make their way up river about mid June.

Second Run Sockeye Salmon
The second run Sockeyes start to enter the river mid July and run through the first week of August.

Early Run Silver Salmon
These fish start arriving in late July and continue through August.

Late Run Silver Salmon
This run starts in the beginning of September and runs through the end of the month.

Other Species

Rainbow Trout
The hard fighting Kenai River Rainbow are in the river throughout the year. The primetimes for fishing these Trout though is mid August- the first week of October.

Cook Inlet Halibut
These Cook Inlet flat fish are readily available mid May - September