Island Light: Blues
Greeting the sun on the Oak Bluffs fishing pier.
Greeting the sun on the Oak Bluffs fishing pier.
Quickwater leaves Oak Bluffs harbor after delivering the day's news.
Quickwater leaves Oak Bluffs harbor after delivering the day's news.
Grand Victorians in Ocean Park under blue skies.
Grand Victorians in Ocean Park under blue skies.
Renovated shuck shack on the Lagoon is always photo worthy.
Renovated shuck shack on the Lagoon is always photo worthy.
Touch of autumn colors show at Blackwater Pond.
Touch of autumn colors show at Blackwater Pond.
Keeping their heads above water at Seth's Pond in West Tisbury.
Keeping their heads above water at Seth's Pond in West Tisbury.
Sheep huddle along Middle Road.
Sheep huddle along Middle Road.
Years of weather and exposure show on this Chilmark tree.
Years of weather and exposure show on this Chilmark tree.
Coastal wharf on Vineyard Haven's harbor.
Coastal wharf on Vineyard Haven's harbor.
September solitude.
September solitude.
Sun dips below the horizon at West Chop.
Sun dips below the horizon at West Chop.
Overnight parking for the jet set.
Overnight parking for the jet set.
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.