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Super Early Sockeye Counted at Bonneville Dam by Staff The Columbian, February 6, 2015

While overzealous Columbia River anglers are watching the Bonneville Dam counts for the first spring chinook of 2015, something else has been counted: a chrome-bright sockeye salmon.

A counter at Bonneville reported the 20-inch-long sockeye came through the dam at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Sockeye normally do not arrive until May and peak in June.

This is either the third or fourth year in a row an early-bird sockeye has been noted at Bonneville.