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Little Anglers Make a Big Splash At Sunday Morning Kids’ Derby

You can call it the only kids’ saltwater multispecies fishing tournament on the Vineyard. Very early Sunday morning, anglers from around the Island, all under 15, went fishing at the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority wharf. They caught lots of fish: bluefish, scup, black sea bass, skate and summer flounder (fluke). They kept nothing; the tournament is catch and release.

But there were plenty of prizes to go around. Close to 200 anglers (not all of them were children) participated. And most caught fish.

Kids Derby: First Many, Then Few Fish

This morning, you could have seen the smallest wavelet left by a fish at the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority wharf. The water was a flat calm, and mirrored the overhead deep blue sky. The sun cast long shadows across the wharf and more than 200 youngsters stood along the rails trying to catch fish.

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Kids’ Derby Draws Crowd

Eight-year-old Donald O’Shaughnessy of Edgartown won the 26th annual Kids’ Mini Derby on Sunday. Mr. O’Shaughnessy caught a 14 3/8 inch scup, the largest fish of the contest. It was the first time an angler had won the morning contest with a scup. The youngster caught his fish at about 7 a.m., at a time when most Island youngsters were at home asleep.

The boy was aglow at the 8:30 a.m. awards ceremony at the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority wharf. He also received a plaque of a good looking mounted scup, made by Janet Messineo of Island Taxidermy.

Kids Catch Derby Fever, Prizes At Annual Contest in Oak Bluffs

With the 62nd annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby now at full speed, two events are running along on the side.

One is for youngsters. The other is a kayak fishing contest. Both start on Sunday.

While plenty of big fish were caught by grown adults in this first week of the derby, attention shifts Sunday morning to the youngest of anglers. Soon after sunrise, as many as 200 young children will gather for the Mini Kids’ Day Derby at the Steamship Authority wharf in Oak Bluffs.

Kids' Derby Sees Record Turnout, Lots of Scup and One Big Dogfish

Gabe Bergeron almost had a great story about the one that got away.

Fishing Sunday morning with his father, Mark Bergeron, at the annual
Kids' Derby on the Steamship Authority wharf in Oak Bluffs, the
nine-year-old angler hooked a large dogfish that locked him in an
intense eight-minute battle. But the pratfalls of pier fishing cost the
young fisherman his catch.

Kids' Derby Chases Fluke, Scup, Prizes in Sunrise Contest

The son of an Edgartown commercial fisherman is this year's
winner of the 21st annual Kids' Derby, held Saturday at the Oak
Bluffs Steamship Authority Wharf. Adam Castro, 6 years old, caught a
19-inch fluke; his father is Scott Castro.

More than 250 youngsters from around the Island participated in the
morning of fishing and prizes. Most of the top winners of this
year's contest caught fluke - large, doormat-sized fluke.

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