Finesse techniques catch fish when aggressive moving baits fail to get bites, especially if you’ve created a secret rig that the fish haven’t seen before. But great techniques, like the Ned rig, ...

Ellie Kinley, a member of the Lummi (Lhaq’temish) Nation, stands on her fishing boat in Bellingham Bay’s Squalicum Harbor on Nov. 17, 2023. Kinley is the last Indigenous reef net permit holder of the ...

Reef net fishing is an ancient, sustainable salmon-harvesting technique created and perfected by the Lummi and other Coast Salish Indigenous people over a millennium. Rather than chasing the fish, ...