The Derby

[Squibby17]

Basic Patrick really hit it home, well done.


The only time I've actually been able to meet people from this board was on the island during the derby. It's really is about the experience not "killing fish". Last year I fished for 9 days, the year before I was down for the whole thing helping film a documentary about it. Unfortunately this year I might only get down for the very last weekend but you bet your A$$ I'll be fishing hard.

A funny story from last year. The first weekend I was down for a wedding and was going to stay the whole week cause my dad and his crew were coming the next weekend. We had a house the first few days but I was houseless for the middle of the week. BP had given me his # in case I needed to crash at the shack but I ended up fishing off east beach one morning and caught a few albies I end up meeting Wilson Kerr a member of the derby committee. We had a great morning and I told him my situation with out blinking he offers to let me stay at his house and crash in the bunk-bed room. We end up fishing together for the next 3 days! This was a guy I just met on the beach?

He basically taught me the art of fly fishing for albie's off the jetties. I spent 10 hours on the lobsterville jetty with out anything happening but the fish were around. The next day we go back and before I know it I'm hooked up on the fly rod! I never weighed the albie she swam away but all the time and effort was worth every second. I ended up catching 2 more albies on the fly.

I love the vineyard. I see the derby as a convient excuse to get down to enjoy one of the most beautiful places in New England in the fall!

I hope to see some of you down there, maybe we can wet a line together and who knows I might just invite myself over for some much needed sleep

[ScottM]

I don't post here much but I'm a sucker for Derby talk....

This will be my 15th year fishing the Derby. In 1994 my father convinced me to join him on what was probably his 20th Derby trip at the time. He spent all those years staying in "the Maine house" - the guys from Portland Surfcasters. Had it not been for a business acquaintence that turned into a lifelong friend, he never would have started going, and neither would me or my brother. All the sentiments brought up by others are dead nuts on. I'm going down on 9/25 and my brother, a mutual friend and I have been emailing each other all week jabbering on about the Derby. It's definitely an additiction.

That Maine house has been a great place to learn about the island and the Derby "culture". A lot of those guys (many of you here know them) have been doing this since the late '60s when MV was a totally different place. Paul, Louie, Sonny, Pete, etc. These guys, although 30-50 years older than me, have provided invaluable info to me over the years that I've had the pleasure of their company.

I can't think of a better place to be in the fall, especially when it means getting to spend uninterrupted time with my brother and father. Our lives get so busy the rest of the year, it's great to spend a few days (or a couple weeks as it used to be before children) only concerned with one thing - fishing.

Several years ago I caught the albie sickness and since about 2000 have spent 90% of my Derby time dedicated to the pursuit of these speedsters. Most of our albie fishing is spent on East Beach where crowds are never a problem. On a Saturday afternoon you may run into a group of 4x4s and beachgoers having a cookout, but finding an open fishing spot is never an issue.

Good luck to all Derby participants. Maybe I'll get the pleasure of meeting some of you this year.

[Squid kids Dad]

Originally Posted by ScottM

I don't post here much but I'm a sucker for Derby talk....

This will be my 15th year fishing the Derby. In 1994 my father convinced me to join him on what was probably his 20th Derby trip at the time. He spent all those years staying in "the Maine house" - the guys from Portland Surfcasters. Had it not been for a business acquaintence that turned into a lifelong friend, he never would have started going, and neither would me or my brother. All the sentiments brought up by others are dead nuts on. I'm going down on 9/25 and my brother, a mutual friend and I have been emailing each other all week jabbering on about the Derby. It's definitely an additiction.

That Maine house has been a great place to learn about the island and the Derby "culture". A lot of those guys (many of you here know them) have been doing this since the late '60s when MV was a totally different place. Paul, Louie, Sonny, Pete, etc. These guys, although 30-50 years older than me, have provided invaluable info to me over the years that I've had the pleasure of their company.

I can't think of a better place to be in the fall, especially when it means getting to spend uninterrupted time with my brother and father. Our lives get so busy the rest of the year, it's great to spend a few days (or a couple weeks as it used to be before children) only concerned with one thing - fishing.

Several years ago I caught the albie sickness and since about 2000 have spent 90% of my Derby time dedicated to the pursuit of these speedsters. Most of our albie fishing is spent on East Beach where crowds are never a problem. On a Saturday afternoon you may run into a group of 4x4s and beachgoers having a cookout, but finding an open fishing spot is never an issue.

Good luck to all Derby participants. Maybe I'll get the pleasure of meeting some of you this year.

Hi Scott..Frank and myself will be at the Maine house starting oct 8th..