The sun was still rising when Daisy Neadow caught the first fish, a tiny black sea bass. Felicity weighed in a 16.5-inch black sea bass barely beating out Luke Stobie, 9, and his 16.25-inch black sea bass, and Thea Desosa, 8, and her 16-inch black sea bass. I’ve never placed before, so it’s new and exciting,” said Felicity of her fourth Kid’s Derby competition. Anyone who had seen McCabe carry his 25.75-inch striped bass to the weigh-in table knew who the grand leader was. “My line snapped twice, then I got lucky,” said McCabe, who is also entered in his fifth Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby.