Scenes from the 2015 Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby

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

Sunday, September 13, 2015

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

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