When do salmon run in the Cheboygan River, Michigan?

The run corridor The mouth Cheboygan Dam — the run stops here

The colour is this river's run stage today, read off MDNR run-timing guidance. Where along the corridor the fish are is not modelled here — only the sixteen rivers the staging estimator covers carry that. Drawn 30 September 2026, north up, and it is a map of the river rather than of the lake it runs from.

Peak run · Chinook salmon as of 30 September 2026

The Cheboygan River is running now. As of 30 September 2026 the loudest claim on it is chinook salmon at peak run, 31 days left in the window — chinook salmon 1 August to 31 October and pink salmon 1 August to 30 September. The peaks: chinook salmon 1 September – 30 September, steelhead 1 April 2027 – 30 April 2027 and lake sturgeon 1 May 2027 – 31 May 2027. Steelhead opens 1 October, 1 day out. Windows are calendar guidance curated from MDNR run-timing prose and are month-grained, so the edges are the month rather than the day.

1.7 corridor miles · Lake Huron · windows curated from MDNR guidance · page built 30 September 2026

Every run window on the Cheboygan River, in date order

The window is MDNR's curated run-timing guidance placed on this year's calendar. The stage beside it is this site's reading of that window against 30 September 2026 and nothing more — it is arithmetic on a date, not an observation of the river.

Species	Window	Peak	Today
Chinook salmon	1 August – 31 October Aug–Oct · calendar	1 September – 30 September	Peak run 31 days left in the window
Pink salmon	1 August – 30 September Aug–Sept · calendar	not stated	Tail-off
Steelhead	1 October – 31 May 2027 Oct–May · calendar	1 April 2027 – 30 April 2027	Not yetopens in 1 day
Lake sturgeon	1 April 2027 – 30 June 2027 Apr–June · calendar	1 May 2027 – 31 May 2027	Not yetopens in 183 days

What opens next

Steelhead — 1 October 1 day from 30 September 2026, running to 31 May 2027, peak 1 April 2027 – 30 April 2027.
Lake sturgeon — 1 April 2027 183 days from 30 September 2026, running to 30 June 2027, peak 1 May 2027 – 31 May 2027.