Fishing
About 10 per cent of the derby’s registrants are signed up for the fly rod division this year.
The select boards in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and Chilmark all voted this week to set their scalloping dates.
Due to rainy, windy weather, the Kids Derby has been rescheduled for Sunday, Sept. 29, the Gazette learned at press time Thursday.
Halifax fisherman Richard Mann was aiming for a derby fish, but hooked a 6-foot tarpon Sunday.
After more than a decade of tending oysters, Dan Martino is ready to pass his knowledge on to the next crop of farmers.
Tom Neadow hooked the first fish of the 79th Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby Sunday morning, weighing in a 5.98-pound bluefish.