There are lots of reports of striped bass being caught, but few reports of large fish. That includes sand eels, bunker, the aforementioned squid, and even mackerel. An additional $5 entry fee puts you in the running for the largest black sea bass award.ĭoug said there is lots of bait all around the Island. The cost to enter is $30, and all the entry money goes right into the prize pot. The fishermen who catch the heaviest bluefish or bass from the shore or a boat will earn cash prizes. They included his unsuccessful but hilarious effort to free his fishing line and the Derby albie it was connected to from beneath the Pied Piper passenger ferry by diving off Memorial Wharf in Edgartown and trying to get under the boat.ĭick’s contest begins at 12:01 am Friday morning, and ends at 4 pm Monday. Hawkeye provided me with some of my most cherished fishing stories. Robert Scott “Hawkeye” Jacobs never missed the derby, Doug Asselin told me in a telephone call from behind the counter during one of the shop’s brief lulls on Tuesday. The action usually starts at dark.ĭick’s Bait and Tackle in Oak Bluffs will host its 24th annual Memorial Day Weekend Derby, renamed this year the Bob Jacobs Memorial Day Tournament, in memory of the fisherman of the same name who died on May 8. It is a fun night for the kids, and the beach provides plenty of room. The good squid fishing should last a few more weeks. The bright lights they used to attract the squid made it look like a shopping mall was anchored just off the beach. Interestingly, that night more than a dozen mainland boats had come across Nantucket Sound to jig for squid right off Big Bridge.
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