Noble Days and Clarity of Light for Second Week of Derby
Landed a bluefish off the Menemsha jetty.
Landed a bluefish off the Menemsha jetty.
Casting off from State Beach.
Casting off from State Beach.
Fellowship of fishing as small sea bass is reeled in at Memorial Wharf.
Fellowship of fishing as small sea bass is reeled in at Memorial Wharf.
Oli Metters eyes the water for schoolies.
Oli Metters eyes the water for schoolies.
Mattheus Scheffer.
Mattheus Scheffer.
Heading out, and in, to Oak Bluffs harbor.
Heading out, and in, to Oak Bluffs harbor.
Sunset fishing along the Oak Bluffs fish pier.
Sunset fishing along the Oak Bluffs fish pier.
Off Little Bridge.
Off Little Bridge.
Couples that fish together, stay together.
Couples that fish together, stay together.
Gone fishing is the rallying cry for the Island in the second week of the derby. And as always the competition signals that time in the Vineyard year between the waning days of summer and the arrival of autumn. Some say the golden months of September and October are the two best in any Island year. Now come the noble days, the high blue ocean skies and a clarity of light that colors the sea in glitter and draws the far horizon near.