While Derby fishermen weigh in their catches at the Edgartown weigh station this week, colorful fish arrived by land for the seventh annual Bass in the Grass fundraiser.
There are plenty of reasons why so many fishermen and women enter the month-long derby, and few of those reasons have to do with the rich array of prizes.
At 7:59 a.m. John Custer stood outside derby headquarters and slid open the door to reveal a derby legend: Janet Messineo. Ms. Messineo rang the official derby bell to start the 79th edition of the beloved Island tradition.
