Salmon Run Alaska 2025. The average weight of the sockeye salmon in 2025 is projected to be 5.7 pounds for a total harvest. In 1987, the council set a goal to have 5 million salmon and steelhead return to the basin past bonneville dam by 2025.

Peak season for salmon fishing occurs from may through september, with the five major species spread across the season. A preliminary preseason forecast for the 2025 bristol bay sockeye salmon fishery projects a run of 49.6 million fish returning to the bay, with a projected harvest of 32.4 million reds, based on data from the alaska.