Striped Bass And Bluefish Derby

February 3, 2020
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Martha’s Vineyard Derby Will Remove Striped Bass From Competition

Will Sennott

The venerable saltwater fishing contest entering its 75th year, will eliminate striped bass from the competition this fall.

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May 23, 2013
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National Geographic Documentary Celebrates Heroes of Front Lines and Derby

Remy Tumin

Last fall a group of nine soldiers arrived in Menemsha to compete in the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby.

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October 21, 1955
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Weather Brought Tumultuous End to Fishing Derby

Vineyard Gazette
In all the tumult of a savage easterly gale accompanied by lashing rain, the 10th annual fishing derby came to a close on Saturday, with contestants fishing, or certainly attempting to fish up to the final hour.
 
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September 13, 1946
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Striped Bass Derby Opens on Sunday

Vineyard Gazette

The first Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass Derby, the most ambitious event of its kind to be arranged for this coast, will begin at 12 noon on Sunday, Sept. 15, and will continue until 12 noon on Oct. 15. The grand prize of the derby is $1,000, and among the contestants so far are salt water fishermen from Toronto, others from Canada, four from Virginia, two from Philadelphia, and hundreds from the New England states and New York.

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August 27, 1946

Sporting Magazine Is Bass Derby Booster

Vineyard Gazette
Publicizing of the Martha’s Vineyard striped bass derby was taken up by the Salt Water Sportsman, a weekly publication devoted exclusively to salt water sport fishing.
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October 18, 1946

Bass Derby Ends In Blaze of Glory; Prizes Awarded

Vineyard Gazette
 
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September 12, 1947

World Unity Might Be Sooner Achieved If All Men Could Go Fishing Together - for Blues

Vineyard Gazette
The bluefish run once more. After many years absence, and seasons when the species had been scarce, the great schools of which oldtimers told, have appeared again in Vineyard waters.
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September 23, 1949

Chosen Derby Queen

Vineyard Gazette
The annual derby dance, which is a part of the opening of the striped bass derby, was held at the Tisbury school auditorium on Friday night, bringing out a gratifyingly large crowd and a brand new class of contestants for the various prizes offered. Manny Silva’s orchestra pleased the dancers, and the committee, headed by Clifford Luce, went to considerable lengths to make the event enjoyable.
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December 9, 1949

Striped Bass Derby Called Most Renowned of Events

Vineyard Gazette
In Sports Afield for December, Bernhard A. Roth writes, among other things, of salt-water sport fishing, noting in obeisance the Vineyard Striped Bass Derby. Mr.
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January 27, 1950

Sensational Action About Bass Derby: No More Tournaments if Plan Goes Through

Vineyard Gazette
Prospects are good that the annual striped derby will become a regular feature of the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club, and that none save members of the club will participate in the contest.
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February 5, 1954

Striped Bass Survey: First Phase Will Determine Whether These Fish Winter in State

Vineyard Gazette
The three year joint federal-state study of the striped bass populations in Massachusetts waters will start later this month, according to Fran­cis W.
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September 17, 1954

Woman Angler Reels in a Fifty Pound Bass

Vineyard Gazette
Mrs. Albion A. Alley Jr. reeled in a fifty pound bass Monday night, fish­ing at Squibnocket, and this fish may well be a record for woman‘s shore striper fishing.
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October 7, 1955

History May Be Made In Derby: Woman Is Leader in the Non-Resident Class

Vineyard Gazette
With a week more to go it looks as if history will be made in this year’s fishing derby, History which may see a woman take the grand prize for non-residents, for one thing, and a general increas
Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby
September 7, 1956

Another Striped Bass Derby Is Coming Up

Vineyard Gazette
Coincident with the end of August the attention of those addicts of the pastime of rod and reel turned toward the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass Derby, which ought to be called merely a fishing d
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October 19, 1956

Curtain Falls On Derby, The Prize Winners Announced

Vineyard Gazette
The curtain fell on the eleventh annual fishing derby on Monday, an event that has brought the Vineyard much publicity and gained for the Island many new friends. This particular derby did not measure up to average in some particulars, although it surpassed all other derbies the Island has held in others.
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September 20, 1957

Bluefish for President

Vineyard Gazette
President Eisenhower, at his Newport vacation headquarters, has welcomed the gift of a Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby trophy, a Vineyard bluefish haule
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