Sixth grader Jake LaPierre of Vineyard Haven looked forward to his fifth trout-fishing tournament, sponsored by the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club and held May 7 at Duarte’s Pond in West Tisbury. The magazine gave Jake a disposable camera and asked him to create his own photographic album of the day. Undaunted by the gale that afflicted the tournament, Jake shot a role of film in the darkness of the tent, and when the deluge let up a bit, at the pond’s edge. His favorite shot: “A kid and his family, fishing, even though it’s raining. They put up the No Fishing sign [above and below] because they were afraid the dock could sink or get flooded with all the rain.

“It was fun,” he said of a day clearly designed and built to test the mettle of even the most committed young fishermen. “A lot of people came, even though it was horrible weather. And they caught some really big fish.”