The 70th annual Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby got underway in the wee hours of the morning on Sept. 13.

Wasque fishing scene. – Glenica Sywensky
Brian (Chip) Vanderhoop assesses bluefish catch after a fishing charter with Nicholas lehrhoff, Logan Solomon and Steven Solomon. Mr. Iehrhoff came in second for all-tackle boat on Tuesday with 12-pound bluefish. – Alison L. Mead
Oak Bluffs jetty at sunset. – Mark Lovewell
Lines in the water at the Menemsha Jetty. – Alison L. Mead
Fernando Almeida at Memorial Wharf. – Mark Lovewell
Amy Lima was the shore grand leader early Sunday–and the first woman to weigh in–with this 19.30-pound striper. – Courtesy Amy Lima
Derby time brings generations together. – Mark Lovewell
Warming up for the derby at Lighthouse Beach. – Mark Lovewell
Longtime weighmaster Roy Langley rings the opening bell as derby chairman John Custers looks on and Aidan Gates waits to weigh-in his fish. – Mark Lovewell
Aidan Gates, 14, of Vineyard Haven, weighs in first fish of the derby: a 5.95-pound false albacore. – Mark Lovewell
Aidan Gates weighs in albie, first of many fish that will come through headquarters. – Mark Lovewell
Chris Bonica, 26, of Norwood, brings his bluefish to headquarters. – Mark Lovewell
John Casey brings in biggest fish of day one, a 24.82-pound striped bass caught from a boat. – Mark Lovewell
John Casey of Edgartown with his striper. – Mark Lovewell
Weigh station is back in action as John Casey waits for the results. – Mark Lovewell
Aubrey Warburton with 14.65-pound boat bass. – Noelle Warburton
Oak Bluffs channel. – Mark Lovewell
Roy Langley weighs in big bass. – Mark Lovewell
A bluefish at West Basin. – Alison L. Mead
Riley Amaral tries his luck at Oak Bluffs fishing pier. – Mark Lovewell
Andrew Haugevik. – Mark Lovewell
Karen Altieri was on the grand leaderboard Sept. 19 with 15.65 bluefish. – Sara Brown
Memorial Wharf is fishing hotspot. – Mark Lovewell
Fishing with friends at Wasque – Glenica Sywensky
Darryl Goffreda nabs an albacore by the Edgartown Lighthouse. – Timothy Johnson
Some are not keepers. – Timothy Johnson
After kids’ derby, Alyssa, 6, and Nayelli, 4, fish with dad Garrison Vieira. – Alison L. Mead
Michelle DeSiena and Darryl Goffreda, visiting from New Jersey, pose with their catch. – Courtesy Michelle DeSiena
Janet Messineo heads to headquarters. – Jeanna Shepard
Jacob Riley works on his gear. – Alison L. Mead
About 200 anglers turned out for annual kids’ derby day. – Alison L. Mead
Cameron Maciel has a 9.05-pound albie measured. – Jeanna Shepard
A look at the leader board. – Jeanna Shepard
Weighmaster Roy Langley measures Jim Cornwall Jr.’s albie as Jim Cornwall Sr. looks on. – Jeanna Shepard
Joey Huang has a tough choice: which one to enter? – Jeanna Shepard
Derby gear ready and waiting at headquarters. – Jeanna Shepard
Near Little Bridge in Oak Bluffs, flyfishermen wet their lines at sunset. – David Hobart
Kathi Pagoda with her winning shore Albie – it weighed in at 10.10 pounds and won the Super Saturday shore prize. – Christie MacDougall
Neither wind, nor waves, nor driving rain will keep fishermen away from the derby. – Mark Lovewell
Lathrop Keefe fishes Menemsha harbor. – Mark Lovewell
Grady Keefe spends some quality time near old fishing boat Unicorn. – Mark Lovewell
Stephen J. Pietruska landed on leader board Oct. 6 with 41.98-pound boat bass. – Mark Lovewell
Aaron Kinne in a quiet moment in Menemsha. – Mark Lovewell
Kevin Shea paints the Menemsha scene. – Mark Lovewell
Miles Spabone casts a line. – Mark Lovewell
Scott McDowell. – Mark Lovewell
Squid Row is a derby hub. – Mark Lovewell

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