Spokesman-Review Reported First: The curtain has opened on the last act in the Columbia River system’s “Year of the Salmon.” The performance began with good returns of spring chinook followed by this summer’s post-dams record returns of sockeye and a great showing of coho. Now the big stars are taking stage.
The forecast record run of up to 1.6 million fall chinook – the king salmon – began its stampede up the Columbia River and over Bonneville Dam with an exclamation point this week.
A one-day record of 67,024 chinook was counted on Sunday only to be exceeded Monday by a record rush of 67,521 chinook.
Last year’s record run of nearly 1.2 million chinook was dominated by 3-year-old fish averaging 8-12 pounds. More than 70 percent of this year’s run is comprised of 4- and 5-year-olds, the bulk of them running 18-23 pounds.
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