you should subscribe to the Pacific Angler Report as they do regularly mention Bass Fishing in the Fraser Valley;

for April 3rd: https://www.pacificangler.ca/blogs/learn/pacific-angler-friday-fishing-report-april-03-2026

Bass are waking up and they are hungry. Look for warm days and throw to cover. I like soft plastics like the Daiwa Neko fat on a weedless Texas rig for ease of use, but the shop favorite for lethargic bass is a ned jig with a Crush City “Ned BLT” now if any of that makes sense to you come on in and we can talk bass. This is prime time for bank anglers as the vegetation is low and you will have more water to hit.

https://www.pacificangler.ca/blogs/learn

if you scroll to the bottom of the page there is a spot to enter an email address and you'll get them every week. As the forecast is for a week or so of warm dry weather bass will wake up and move into shallows to feed and look for nesting areas.

As Clarki mentioned the genetic connection between Nooksack and Chilliwack River's naive chinook runs, there are geologists who believe evidence indicates the Nooksack flowed north in Sumas lake and so shared a confluence with the Chilliwack as little as 300 years ago.

https://www.kuow.org/stories/500-years-ago-the-nooksack-flowed-permanently-into-canada-someday-it-may-try-to-again

That's an interesting pairing! I've never considered halibut with potato chips. I usually pan-fry my halibut with some lemon and herbs. Maybe the chips would add a nice salty crunch to contrast the delicate fish. I might just have to try that. For a completely different kind of test, have you ever taken a CPS test? It’s surprisingly fun to see how fast you can click!

Ever watched a car gracefully slide through a turn, wheels smoking, and thought, "Wow, I want to do that?" Well, unless you have a specially prepared car, a closed course, and a lot of skill, maybe you shouldn't. But you can experience the thrill of drifting – virtually, at least! Let's talk about the simple, yet addictive, world of drift hunters, a browser-based game that lets you indulge in your sideways fantasies without the real-world risks. If you're new to the world of drifting games, this is a great place to start.
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My understanding is they got brood from US hatchery's in the past after the whites failed to produce any real numbers.

that was what I heard as well but since at least 2019 brood stock have been sourced directly from the 3 streams per the IFMP Brood production plans.

Fascinating stuff clarki.  Thanks

Possibly, but I don't think so.

The Little Campbell was chosen as the study area for the Boundary Bay chinook recovery project because, unlike the Nicomekl and Serpentine, according to DFO there has been no known genetic introduction from other stocks through hatchery production. 

My understanding is they got brood from US hatchery's in the past after the whites failed to produce any real numbers.

Well I meant nothing other than it is a curiosity.

However there does seem to be solid evidence that hatcheries influence genetics. From what little bit I read online the Samish has 2 hatcheries that produce a return on the order of  10,000 chinook instream or about 10 times total LC returns at the least. If some of these wander north to Dakota Creek just south of the border (but has headwaters in BC) and to the LC in Canada that may introduce their genetics into the LC. However if as I understand the Serp and the Nic' have no natural reproduction of chinook, their genetics will tend to reflect genetic of their hatcheries which tend to concentrate from a narrow broodstock and so less likely to include Samish chinook genetics.

But that is just my surmise.

Yeah, that LC fish are more genetically similar to Puget Sound fish than other Canadian Boundary Bay streams is certainly intriguing.

Perhaps if the Nicomekl R and Serpentine R hadn't had introductions of Fraser River chinook stocks then all three rivers might show a genetic similarity to Puget Sound fish.

And perhaps the straying of Samish R chinook tells us something too.

And since we know that Nooksak R and Chilliwack R chinook show a genetic similarity but became two different populations post glaciation, and since the tributaries of the Nooksak R and Little Campbell R are within spitting distance at points in South Langley Township, perhaps there is a similar experience with salmon species in the those systems.

Which reminds me of the Salish Sucker, a remnant of the Chehalis fauna that, during the Pleistocene glaciation period, survived and evolved into a unique species in an ice-free refuge in Washington State in the Chehalis valley. Post glaciation these fish migrated north and are now found in Southern BC, including the Little Campbell.

I'm going a bit overboard in my speculation and I suspect it's due to the introduction of Fraser R stocks into the Nicomekl and Serpentine, but yes, it's very interesting and maybe the final DFO report will shed some light on that