Greeting the sun on the Oak Bluffs fishing pier. Timothy Johnson

Sunday, September 9, 2018

It's the time of year when everyone want to get the blues – bluefish, that is, along with striped bass, false albacore and bonito. The seventy-third annual Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby started at midnight today and will not conclude until mid-October, by which time any number of Islanders and visitors will be puffy-eyed and zombie-like, conditions brought on by a passion for the fishing competition that overwhelms lesser human endeavors such as sleep.

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