It was 10 am, and the faint rumble from a starting engine hummed as it pulled away from its slip in Oak Bluffs Harbor. Capt. “John-O” Potter stood alert in…
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Trish Lyman reacts to the winning “click.” — Stacey Rupolo When Trish Lyman of Edgartown bought a guided trip with Danny Gilkes at an auction to support an Edgartown school…
Stanley Larsen aboard his dragger, Four Kids, in Menemsha Harbor. – Lynn Christoffers Steve Amaral, Surfcaster; Derby participant for 71 years, Oak Bluffs What got you started fishing? We all grew…
Northern Kingfish caught at Eastville Beach by Anna Marie D’Addarie. Photos courtesy Anna Marie D’Addarie Anna Marie D’Addarie of Oak Bluffs pondered for years about what to do with the…
Bluefish kept anglers busy last week, both on and offshore. Striper action slowed down, and squid, which have showed up in big numbers in recent years, are mysteriously absent. Peter…
W.D. Harding’s clothing and shoe store stood on Circuit Avenue roughly where Reliable Market is today. Mr. Harding, a Vineyard Haven native who opened his shoe business as a young…
Generally speaking, I can accept those nights I go fishing and do not catch fish. One of the benefits of living on Martha’s Vineyard is that I can safely assume…
This story might have ended up as the Martha’s Vineyard version of the Loch Ness monster, only in this fish story Nessie got eaten. But of course, Island fishermen don’t…
Jigging for squid is about the most fun an Island kid of any age can have. It requires a minimal amount of tackle, some limited tactile skill, a bucket, and…
Olga Hirshhorn did not fish as many days, or catch as many big fish, as many Derby fishermen, but she had as much heart and soul and spirit as anyone…
