Anglers Journal

The Fillet Queen

“You’re in my knife zone,” Vella Sorensen warns as an angler noses in on his halibut. He backs off, people chuckle, and Vella smiles, making precise cuts with a Dexter fillet knife that seems to lift every millimeter of precious white flesh.

“Thank you,” the man says. “You’re damn good. How about a beer?”

“I’d love one,” Vella nods, happy to accept a drink during a long session at her busy fish-cleaning station in

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