[Swimmer]

Vineyard Blues just said what myself and my friends who fish the derby every year said last year. Raise the minimum length to 27"'s. I can't tell you how many times I casually mentioned that the fish that the person was about to start racing of the beach with would not garner a prize because it just barely measured 25"s. Many contestants especially first timers and some veterans still do not realize there are no daily prizes for albys.

What this does must mean though that is disconcerting somewhat is that someone could take a weekly, with a 15 # fish the first week of the derby, and take every weekly until the derby ends. That would kind of bite, get it, bite, or is that bight.

I always admired the courage and dedication to the "sport" of fishing the derby committee had when it took the bass out of the derby knowing that many people would not come to the island to fish the derby, because of that decision. So out of respect for that toughness I'll stand by their decision as far as the albys are concerned.

One more thing, only a fool would say that albys don't taste good when they never smoked one and ate it.