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Calcutta Fishing Derby

Posted by on October 16, 2013

Address: 9 Luscombe Avenue, Woods Hole, MA 02543

Latitude/Longitude: 41.523610, -70.670091

Start Date: Sep 15, 2013

End Date: Oct 13, 2013

Web site: click here

Phone: (508) 548-1758

Pricing: Free

Description:

The fall is fishing derby season on Cape Cod, and there is no better derby than the Woods Hole Calcutta.  Fisherman pay $50 to enter the contest, and the largest bass and bluefish are weighed and tracked over the course of the one month event.

Prizes are awarded to the largest in each category, to the largest women’s fish, and also to children under the age of 12.  The Landfall Restaurant at 6 Luscombe Avenue in Woods Hole hands out the prizes in an award ceremony on the Monday night at the end of the contest, and also offers a free meal to all contestants including stuffed seabass, fried bluefish, cajun bluefish, fresh salads, cole slaw and clam chowder.

All the local fishermen and women show up, and it’s a wonderful rite of passage at the end of the summer season.  This year, the prize was over $600 for the largest fish caught in the derby and participants cheered as a new entrant garnered the largest fish in both categories.

 


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