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Kenai River (Soldotna)

Live conditions for Kenai River (Soldotna): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

8,470cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · +1.3% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp52.2°F

Stage8.18 ft

Engine callGO 8400 cfs in the wade band · 52°F

Gauge read 1:00 AM CDT · USGS 15266300. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Kenai River (Soldotna) is a freestone river in Alaska, fished for salmon, trout — rainbow, dolly varden. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.

salmontroutrainbow troutdolly varden trout

Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Cooper Landing Boat Launchramp
Jim's Landingramp
Bing's Landing State Recreation Site Boat Launchramp
Izaak Walton State Recreation Site (bank access)walk in
Izaak Walton Boat Rampramp
Morgan's Landing State Recreation Sitewalk in
Swiftwater Park Boat Launchramp
Centennial Park Boat Launchramp

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to Kenai River.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in September:

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The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

USGS gauge ↗

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