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Good Fishing Meets Bad Weather in Second Week of Derby

Lobsterville Beach in Aquinnah is a perennially popular spot.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Lobsterville Beach in Aquinnah is a perennially popular spot.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Fishermen cast their lines off the Menemsha channel jetty.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Fishermen cast their lines off the Menemsha channel jetty.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Mark Alan Lovewell
Mark Alan Lovewell
End of day at South Beach.
Jamie Fishman
End of day at South Beach.
Jamie Fishman
Lighthouse Beach in Edgartown.
Ray Ewing
Lighthouse Beach in Edgartown.
Ray Ewing
Flyfisherman tries his luck in Edgartown harbor.
Ray Ewing
Flyfisherman tries his luck in Edgartown harbor.
Ray Ewing
Dropping lines from boats.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Dropping lines from boats.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Memorial Wharf always attracts a crowd.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Memorial Wharf always attracts a crowd.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Eastville Beach.
Ray Ewing
Eastville Beach.
Ray Ewing
Choopy water off the fish pier in Oak Bluffs due to remnants of Hurrican Teddy.
Ray Ewing
Choopy water off the fish pier in Oak Bluffs due to remnants of Hurrican Teddy.
Ray Ewing
Waves swirl around Little Bridge channel.
Ray Ewing
Waves swirl around Little Bridge channel.
Ray Ewing
Menemsha jetty.
Jamie Fishman
Menemsha jetty.
Jamie Fishman
Friends greet each other after unusual summer.
Jamie Fishman
Friends greet each other after unusual summer.
Jamie Fishman
Green buoy off Menemsha harbor entrance.
Jamie Fishman
Green buoy off Menemsha harbor entrance.
Jamie Fishman
Katama.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Katama.
Mark Alan Lovewell

Heading into the second week of the Derby, the word was all about the weather; good, bad, windy, and sunny.

See highlights of derby history at the Vineyard Gazette's Time Machine.



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