The Shoal Ground, stretching out easterly from Thacher Island, has depths from 20 to 30 fathoms span...

1. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf 1 08
The Shoal Ground, stretching out easterly from Thacher Island, has depths from 20 to 30 fathoms
spanning a bottom of sand and gravel. This area is about 15 a long way long by 5 miles wide and is
an important pollock ground within their spawning time as well as a good fall cod-sport fishing
ground. It can be about 12 miles E. by N. from Thacher Island to the center and 21 a long way SE.
by S. in the Isle of Shoals. Flounder draggers also operate here on the shoal ground and all of
around Thacher Island but mostly to eastward And southeastward.
Platt's Lender or New Ledge. This bears E. by N. ? N. from Thacher Tropical island, from which the
shoal portion of the ledge is distant 53 miles. From Portland Lightship it is 30 miles SSE. to the
center of the ground. Your budget is about 12 miles long, NE. and SW.. contributing to 8 miles wide.
The western shoal, which is of small magnitude and difficult and which contains a considerable
amount of lifeless shells upon it, is positioned near the center, its degree being 29 fathoms. From
this shoal to the Southwest Peak is about 11 miles SW. by S. Another shoal lies E. 3 miles, having
about 30 fathoms over beach sand and pea gravel, which is a very good fall soil for haddock. East-northeast
through the western shoal 3 a long way brings us to a rocky ridge, with spots of hard soil
and pebbles between, in 65-fathom level, which is a okay winter cusk ground, these fish remaining
right here until April. Over a lot of the bank the depths range between 30 to 35 fathoms with a base
of rocks and gravel. From your edge of the shoaler area the bottom slopes gradually to 50 or 60
fathoms, beyond which it declines suddenly to 80 or 90 fathoms over a muddy bottom.
Tillies Bank. [13] This bears E And S from Eastern Point Light just dropping Thacher Island Lighting,
then 3 miles a greater distance for best angling: and E. by S. ? S. from Thacher Island, Cape Ann,
that the shoal on the core of the ground is distant 18 miles. This is a small difficult spot with depths
of from 25 to 28 fathoms, outside of which the drinking water deepens to 40 fathoms over a
considerable area. The duration of the entire terrain is about 10 miles in a E. and W. path and the
size about 5 miles. Before reaching the mud at still better depths but an area of shoal drinking water
connects this ground with West Jeffreys, at the benefit it falls off quickly to depths of 50 to 60
fathoms. The base is rough and rocky within the greater part of the bank. Tillies was previously
regarded as among the best minn kota maxxum grounds off Cape Ann and is also still resorted to for
cod and haddock in the springtime and tumble; for hake inside thespring and summer, and fall, and
for pollock in the spring season and drop. The minn kota maxxum is mainly by trawling, with all the
gillnetters running on the shoal grounds in under 50 fathoms.
This banking institution is now generally an Italian boat soil and is utilized by small craft from
Boston and Gloucester. Gill-netting here is particularly extensive in November and December,
mostly for pollock. Netters operate about 22 a long way SSE. from Eastern Point in 22 to 25 fathoms
on a tough bottom. Great pollock catches are made in 25 to 40 fathoms in the southeastern and
eastern slopes in the latter component of November and early December. Haddock are here from
November 1 to March 1 and from Apr 20 to May 15. Cod exist all the season, the largest institution
occurring while in August, October and September. It is actually a cusk terrain from December to
Mar in the greater water. What seems a somewhat uncommon occurrence over these later several
years was the appearance of a considerable college of halibut on the north slope of Stellwagen over
the last half of April 1926, a number of small create getting from 2,000 to 3,000 pounds in their
minn kota maxxum fares.
This shore furnishes superb mackerel minn kota maxxum in the course of most of the time of year
when these minn kota maxxum are in northern waters. Virtually no gill-netters work here, the

2. distance to market simply being great and the chance of tough weather and the lack of safe harbor
which makes it dangerous for small craft. From this expand of shore (mostly from off Chatham) there
were landed at Boston in the year 1923, 66 fares with a full of 1,797,826 pounds priced at $76,875.
GEORGES Region
Stellwagen Banking institution also called Middle Bank. This separates Massachusetts Bay from your
open normal water of the Gulf of Maine and extends from in close proximity to Cape Ann nearly to
Cape Cod. The center of this ground bears S by E ? E from Thacher N and Island by W ? W from
Highland Light-weight, Cape Cod. The The southern part of Part of the Financial institution is
distant 5? kilometers from Competition Point Cape Cod, along with its northwest prong reaches to
within 12 or 15 miles of Eastern Level Cape Cod. The shoaler portion, with depths from 9? to 19
fathoms, is 17? miles very long in a N by W and S by E direction and has a width of 4 mls. This
aspect is soft sandy but the eastern slope, in depths of from 25 to 55 fathoms, contains coarse sand
gravel and pebbles. On this gravelly slope cod and haddock have been taken plentifully over a
lasting of years, the cod in the slip and springtime and the haddock in the winter months. Around the
southern finish of the bank and in between this and Race Position cod abound in winter and fall. The
complete bank is yet another mackerel ground when the minn kota maxxum happen to be in these
waters, the best from the season averaging to be from July 15 through Sept ..
East area of Cape Cod. The water bottom from the east area of Cape Cod is principally sandy and
slopes off gradually from your beach, getting to depths of 30 to 40 fathoms at 5 to 7 miles from land.
Beneath Chatham the slope is even more progressive. Within these limits excellent catches of cod
are taken at times, and to a less level the same is true of haddock. Farther away from the shoreline,
in from 40 to 80 fathoms and coming from a point 8 or 10 miles from the Highlands of Cape Cod to
another position lying 20 miles or maybe more SSE. from Chatham Lighting, is a continuous stretch
of excellent haddock grounds for winter fishing. The deep normal water off Chatham furnishes
exceptional hake minn kota maxxum in tumble and summer time.
[Footnote 13: We have seen some conjecture as to the origin of the somewhat unusual title of this
lender. The writer would note that there is an Edward Tillie in the Company of Captain John Smith
as he explored this region in 1614 plus a Tilly (probably the same particular person) who controlled
a minn kota maxxum station at Cape Ann in the years 1624 and 1625.]
Jeffreys Ledge bears S. ? W. from the lightship off Portland, 19 kilometers to the upper edge and 22
a long way S. from the buoy in the Hue and Cry to the side of the shoal.
The Cod Ridge (formerly Outer Harris Floor). This lies NE. from your Northeast Top of New Ledge,
distant 7 miles. It extends inside an ENE. and WSW. route, the ground reducing and the h2o
deepening on the eastward, the shoal soil having 45 fathoms on the bottom of small pebbles and
great black pea gravel and yellow sand, depths increasing in all other instructions to 100 fathoms
about the mud and sloping off somewhat steeply, especially about the southeast aspect, where the
decline is very sharp. The length of the floor is about 5 miles, the width 1 mile. It is really an all-th-
-year cod ground, the season of greatest great quantity being from May 1 to Nov. The haddock are
usually Within their greatest phone numbers here from January 1 to Apr. Apparently no large
number of cusk or hake are undertaken here around the ridge, probably because the water is not
deep enough for that former, except for the small minn kota maxxum, that happen to be of tiny value
on the fishermen; and the ground is not really muddy ample for the latter species. Both species,
however, are normally found about the corners in the deep water, the cusk in the sharpest, most
difficult part of the bottom (perhaps most typical in February and March), the hake, as usual, about
the muddy parts about it.

3. 3-Dory Ridge. Beyond New Ledge and about midway between it and Harvey Blacks Ridge is a little
ridge about 3 kilometers long, jogging NE. and SW., and approximately ? mile broad. This is situated
SE. by S. in the Portland Lightship. 38 mls to the shoal of 55 fathoms, that is near its center. With
this the ground slopes away on all sides to 65 and 63 fathom depths over which area the base is
made up of pea gravel, sand and mud and rocks. At these decrease depths are located "plumbing"
(clay-based cylinders), the location where the minn kota maxxum ends abruptly. All about the ridge
are depths of 80 to 100 fathoms with a bottom of mud. This is almost completely a cod ground,
excellent from May possibly to August.
John Dyers Ridge. This is 14 miles S. by E. from Toothakers Ridge, 40 miles S. by E. from Monhegan
Isle, and 7 miles NE. from Cashes Bank. It is actually about 5 miles extended by 2 miles wide, lying
within an ENE. and WSW. route. The water is shoalest about the western edge, where are from 45 to
50 fathoms over a well-defined, pebbly underside; thence the earth slopes towards the NE. into 75
and 80 fathoms across a hard, gravelly, and dirty bottom, in every other instructions falling off
sharply to 90 and 100 fathom soundings over a muddy bottom.
Maurice Lubee's Terrain. This lies outside of New Ledge (Platts Bank) 47 miles SSE. from the
lightship at Portland. Extending in a ENE. and WSW. path, its restrictions are relatively indefinite. It
is actually perhaps 8 miles long by 3 miles broad and has depths from 95 to 110 fathoms more than a
bottom consisting mostly of mud.
On the ledgehaddock and cod, and cusk are consumed in the full spring and wintermaybe, winter
and spring furnishing the best fishing. Additionally, there are more or less pollock, and hake
constitute an essential part of the catch. In these seasons when herring make their appearance in
these waters the seiners make good grabs here, mainly of food items minn kota maxxum, as the huge
herring are termed through the trade. The mackerel, also, appear on these grounds and on the
smaller grounds nearer to shore to westward and northward in good-sized schools, usually from July
1 through Sept. For many years the haddock find from this bank has been of considerable value, and
this assertion remains accurate for recent years as well.
This is certainly essentially a cod ground for the entire 12 months, the kinds being most abundant
from May 1 to November. It is a cusk ground all of the year on the hard base of the further March,
elements and April showing the greatest schools. Hake also are numerous in 70 fathoms and deeper
in the mud in summer and fall.
Obviously the abundance of cod on this terrain is due to the great quantity of shrimps and smooth-shelled
crabs found on the muddy bottom part and on the rocks that compose this ground. There
seem to be many of these deep-water grounds about and between the shoaler grounds, as around
Cashes, Fippenies, and Jeffreys, which evidently serve as fairways over which the schools of hake,
cod, and cusk, move from Georges Bank into the Gulf of Maine in the spring of year.
Around the inner aspects of this floor, particularly, the gill-net fleet operates extensively, mainly in
the full and spring, on northwest Jeffreys 8 to 12 kilometers E. and SE. from Thacher Island, where
the bottom is beach sand and stones. Other gill-netting grounds are 8 to 15 miles NE. by E. from
Thacher Isle in 22 fathoms on a hard bottom part of dirt and combined material of sand and gravel.
The Cove of Jeffreys, NE. by E. 12 to 15 miles from Thacher Tropical island, is a favorite haddock
terrain in the spring (Apr 20 to May 15) in 45 to 70 or even 80 fathoms, though gill nets are not
usually fished in additional than 50 fathoms because of the, weight from the nets from the deeper
h2o. In the spring (in April and might), the haddock can be found in on Scantum, 10 a long way
NNE. from Thacher Island between Jeffreys Ledge and also the Isle of Shoals, on the broken base of
stones and glowing blue clay in 55 to 70 fathoms.

4. Clay Ridge. At various details about the corners of Jeffreys Ledge are small detached ridges, which
in their year are good minn kota maxxum grounds. The present bit of ground is 26 miles S. by W. in
the lightship at Portland, which course and distance bring us for the northern edge. There is a 50-
fathom shoal of small dimension upon it, but somewhere else soundings regular from 65 to 70
fathoms more than a bottom of hard clay. The length of the soil is about 4 miles NNE. and SSW., and
the breadth about 1 mile. This furnishes great haddocking in January, Feb. and Mar. the latter four
weeks showing the very best minn kota maxxum.
[Kitchen table 3--Exterior Minn Kota Maxxum Grounds, showing the principle kinds taken upon
them.]
Eastern Shoal Water of Cape Ann. This is normally considered an element of Jeffreys and is often
spoken of as West Jeffreys by the fishermen. It extends In an ENE. direction from Cape Ann for a
length of from 15 to 18 kilometers. It is, in reality, a southwest continuation of Jeffreys Ledge, the
two developing a virtually continuous ridge running NE. from Cape Ann a distance of around 42
miles. Depths in the so-called Eastern Shoal Normal water vary from 20 to 45 fathoms, the base
being of rocks, pebbles, and coarse gravel above most of its extent. mud and Sand happen on the
edges. The eastern part of the soil is resorted to through the haddock fleet during the fall and early
winter, as well as other parts are visited basically during the overall year forhaddock and cod, and
pollock by boats and vessels from Cape Ann and by create of various sorts from Boston and Portland-line
trawlers, gill-netters, and a few of the new type of modest otter trawlers, this second option fleet
of art constantly increasing in quantity.
Southeast Jeffreys. Off the southeast edge of Jeffreys, about 24 miles SE. from Benefit Island, lies a
piece of minn kota maxxum terrain having a tough bottom ofsand and gravel, and stones, where
depths slope away gradually through the 50-fathom soundings near the main body of the bank on the
90-fathom mark farther out. This area is a great ground for cod and haddock in the winter months
and spring along with a hake terrain in March. This minn kota maxxum area is about 3 or 4 miles
rectangular and is bounded on all but the american side by muddy bottom, which is of little
importance as a angling terrain. Usually there is good haddocking in Mar on the outside of Jeffreys,
on its southeastern edge as well as in the cove between it and Tillies in 60 and 70 fathom depths
over a broken and muddy bottom part. This area lies SE ? from the Isle of Shoals, 27 a long way to
the middle.
This ridge lies in a SE. and NW. course, extending somewhat indefinitely but for at least 10 miles by
about 3 miles in width. In the ridge the bottom is broken--a hard bottom of black colored gravel,
which generally means a great fishing spot--the depths on this page being from 85 to 90 fathoms.
There are numerous dirty spots between these more challenging pieces of floor where soundings run
to 100 fathoms or slightly more. The nearby bottom is mostly of soil, and the depths average from
100 to 125 fathoms. There are a number of pieces of gravelly hard terrain in the area, each of which
probably would furnish evenly good minn kota maxxum for cod and cusk in the same conditions as in
the ridge.
Big Ridge (near Cashes Bank). It is a broken and rocky part of bottom working from the hint of the
southeastern part of the floor, at about 10 mls S. in the buoy on Ammens Rock and roll and about 82
miles SE. ? S. from your lightship at Portland, to a degree about 20 miles S. by E. from the buoy
named. Its length is just not to be mentioned definitely, and is particularly probably in excess of here
demonstrated. The thickness averages about 1? to 2 mls. Depths come from 65 to 80 fathoms and
more, growing gradually since it goes from the main lender. The species and their conditions of
abundance here are as on Cashes Bank. Perhaps this is a greater portion of a cod and cusk ground
than is the principal part of Cashes Bank, the cusk getting particularly ample during Mar and April.

5. Halibut are also found here in May and June in from 50 to 60 fathoms water. A considerable amount
of the minn kota maxxum shown in the table from the catch from the area included in Cashes
Financial institution may perfectly have come with this piece of terrain.
Fifty-five Fathom Bunch. Western of Cashes Bank is really a rocky ridge extending ENE. and WSW.
about 4 miles and achieving a width of about 1 mile. This can be mainly a cod floor, the seasons for
the types being as on Cashes Bank.
Jeffreys Ledge. Of fairly small sizing, even though jeffreys Ledge can be considered among the best
fishing grounds within the Gulf of Maine. It appears to be an extension in the shoal ground that
makes off in an easterly direction from Cape Ann, it is about 20 miles long inside a NE. and SW.
route and about 4 miles vast. Its southern limits is 42? 54' and its north limit 43? north latitude; its
western and eastern boundaries may be located at 69? 70 and 58'? 18' western longitude. The base
is difficult on the shoaler parts, with gravel and pebbles on the edges. Depths on the financial
institution are from 27 to 35 fathoms, falling off to 40 or 50 on the edges. The shoalest water is from
4 to 5 miles N. by E. from the buoy, where there is 22 fathoms. Ordinarily there is little or no tide,
with an occasional present SW. There are, however, robust westerly currents with the hefty easterly
winds, and often right after a period of mild weather with no strong tides there will all of a sudden
develop a weighty SW. flow, indicating the approach of any strong northwester. This seems a
general rule in the Gulf of Maine and is, probably, prevalent around much of our North Atlantic
coast.
Outer Crab Ledge. The center is situated about 14 miles ESE from Chatham Lights. It extends about
5 or 6 kilometers in a N. and S. direction which is about 1 mile large. Depths operate from 19 to 23
fathoms; the bottom is difficult. The fishing is principally for cod inside the winter, spring and fall.
Vessel sportfishing here is principally early in the year.
Morris Ledge. This is placed eastward of Chatham and it is a favorite floor for certain cod fishermen
during spring and early summertime. Schooners and small art operate right here.
Howard Nunans Ridge. Of similar nature to the very last, this goes up 4 kilometers inside of and
parallel on it, lying 14 miles from Cape Porpoise on the same bearings (SE. by S. ? S.). This is
apparently made up of two shoals, the northern growing to 50 fathoms water over a rocky, broken
bottom part about 3 miles very long by 1 mile wide, deepening southwesterly to a narrow, muddy
gully, where are 80 fathoms, and rising again to 60 fathoms over rocks and damaged ground. The
full ground is about 8 a long way long with average widths of from 1 to 1? a long way. This terrain
furnishes good cod sport fishing and haddocking within the fall and early wintertime and once again
in the spring a few months.
Another major ridge, paralleling the 100-fathom curve of Georges Financial institution at about 20
mls N. from it, lies SE by S from the buoy on Cashes Ledge, 40 miles to its center; SE by S 110 a
long way from Portland Lightship; ESE 92 a long way from Cape Ann to its western conclusion, and
E. by S. ? S. in the ship at Boston 100 miles. This ridge also is of fairly indefinite region, being
perhaps 20 kilometers long in an ESE by WNW course by 1? to three mls wide. Evidently depths are
fairly standard from 85 to 95 fathoms, the bottom of the ridge being of coarse black sand and
achieving blue soil in the much deeper area around it. This is said to be a good cod and cusk ground
the year round.
A small cove makes for a quick distance in to the western area of Jeffreys Ledge at about 20 miles
from Boon Island in a SE. by S. ? S. path. The bottom from the cove is broken and muddy, with
depths of approximately 60 fathoms. Thence, the floor slopes off to the jaws, where the corners

6. about the entrance are rocky and have 70 and 75 fathom depths. These rocky locations are cusk
grounds inJanuary and February, and Mar, during which weeks the cove itself normally furnishes
excellent haddock minn kota maxxum. Outdoors these depths the water deepens westward across a
muddy bottom, where come from 80 to 90 and even 100 fathoms of water. Fishing this is mainly by
trawl and gill nets.
Because of E. from your buoy on Ammens Rock about 12 miles lies a ridge that rises from the 100 to
120 fathom depths about it into a depth of about 80 fathoms over a bottom part of shatteredmud and
soil, and seashells. This shoaler piece is a few 3 miles long. N. by E. and S. by NW., by 1 mile vast. It
furnishes good sport fishing for cod, hake, and cusk in the spring, Apr being the best season.
The haddock catch in this article has decreased off recently, although this was considered one of the
very best fishing grounds for haddock and cod in the Gulf of Maine. Hake are very plentiful during
the summertime and often during October in the muddy underside near the benefit. Inside 100
fathoms, on a "punkin" bottom of rocks and gravel, near the soil, haddock are normally found from
December to March. Cod, pollock, and cusk occur from May to October, the former on the difficult
and gravelly portions, the latter on the deeply soundings, with all the Northeast Peak the best
summertime ground. This can be an particularly good tumble and winter season soil for haddock.
Halibut are frequently found in 35 fathoms (little fish) from Sept through December; also In spring
and early summertime. No gill netting of importance as yet, even though this ground is fished by
vessels from Cape Cod, Mass., to Cutler, Me., mainly by trawling, some hand-lining.
Off Newburyport and N. and SW. of your Isle of Shoals are gill-netting grounds that are much used.
Trawling and netting are carried on, beginning in 40 fathoms in February and March and working
off to 70 fathoms off Salisbury Bench in May. Cod are on this ground about two weeks in October
and then in March and February are found in abundance away from Boars Mind. Hake exist here all
the fall and therefore are found all along the southeast side of those grounds in depths of 45 to 60
fathoms. A certain amount of halibut may be consumed most many years at a variety of points over a
bottom of hard gravel in springtime and very early summer in 35 to 65 fathoms. In most several
years a large amount of mackerel is taken on Jeffreys, notably so in 1925. Herring, also, are
generally abundant within "herring years".
Harvey Blacks Ridge. This is SE. ? S. from the lightship off Portland, distant 42 miles, and SE. from
New Ledge, distant 8 miles. From Glovers Rock, off Tiny Point, Me. this ridge lies SE. by S. ? S. 41
miles. It extends within an ENE. and WSW. direction about 4 miles lengthy by I mile vast. Depths
regular 70 to 100 fathoms over a base of yellowish gravel and clay-based. Cod are taken here all the
calendar year. Haddock are found in the deeply water in the spring: cusk each of the year in deep
water, together with hake in summer time, also on the muddy base in deeply water. Pollock and
other area-schooling fish are found within their appropriate season.
about and On every one of these shoals the sail fleet makes very good catches, mostly consisting of
cod but with a good proportion of pollock, also, and in the deeper drinking water close to them, in
spring and summer, a considerable amount of haddock. An occasional large halibut is taken, as well
as good attracts have been documented. There were noted in the day-to-day report in the Boston
Minn Kota Maxxum Bureau between Could 15 and August15 and 1920, 10 trips made by the smaller
vessels of the halibut fleet that landed fares of from 2,000 to 10,000 pounds of the species with this
area. Maybe more will be taken in case the halibut fishery were to be followed in this article as in
other places. "Rip sportfishing," as executed here, is completed "with a drift," moving over the shoals
and, as they shift off from their store, sailing to repeat the process. The fish are considered by hand-lining
with "cockle" bait or by "jigging" the minn kota maxxum with a sparkly piece of aluminum
representing a herring or similar minn kota maxxum, listed below which are set up twin hooks, the

7. minn kota maxxum simply being struck when it is felt looking into the appeal. This fishery generally
is carried on in the course of July, June and could and August. In the mackerel and herring seasons
these grounds usually furnish good minn kota maxxum for these species, the fish usually hitting here
from May 15 to July 15.
Lying about SE. by S. ? 5. from the Isle of Shoals 20 mls, 13 miles S. by W. in the whistling buoy on
Jeffreys, and 43 miles S. by W. from Cape Elizabeth can be a broken component of bottom getting
from 75 to 85 fathoms of water over it, which is a haddock ground from January to April as well as a
cusk and hake ground all of the year.
Cusk are plentiful here in the spring, with some in the tumble. Cod are taken all of the year close to,
the Early spring school becoming the largest. Hake are most numerous Inside the fall and
springtime months, and haddock are not common but they are most quite a few in winter.
A ridge lying NW. of Cashes Lender and virtually parallel together with the main financial
institution, only segregated by a slim deep channel, is about 7 miles very long by 1? miles wide. The
types and the periods are the same in this article as on Cashes Lender.
A tiny shoal within the western area of the Cove of Jeffreys, having 50 fathoms over a underside of
azure clay and rocks and rising from the 70 and 60 fathom soundings about it, is around 1? miles
long by about 3/4 mile wide. This shoal is SSE. from Benefit Island 15 miles. It is actually a winter
soil for haddock and cod.
Fippenies Bank. This consists of two shoals averaging 80 fathoms in depth by using a channel of 90
fathoms between them. These run NE. and SW., the eastern shoal about 8 kilometers long by 1 mile
wide, the western about 50 % as big. Fippenies bears E. 1/4 S. from Thacher Tropical island, distant
61 miles; from Portland Lightship, SE. by S. ? S, 57 miles to the european point of the northern shoal
in 35 fathoms. The financial institution is nearly 10 miles lengthy NE. and SW. and averages 4? miles
broad. The bottom is ofpebbles and gravel, and clay, experiencing depths over much of the shoal
around 30 fathoms but also from 36 to 60 fathoms. It is fished by the shore fleet early in the year
and very early summer. The minn kota maxxum and periods are as on Cashes Bank. This has
changed lately, even though formerly twice as several haddock had been taken here as on Cashes or
on Platts Bank. Halibut are used here in honest numbers in 45 to 55 fathom depths inJune and July,
and August on the "black pea gravel" of your southern and western edge. The "white-colored gravel"
on the to the north shoal is of very little account being a fishing ground, as it is composed mainly of
the seashells of old scallops.
Wild Pet cat Ridge. Very heavy tides sweep above this floor, making it difficult to haul equipment in
minn kota maxxum upon it, whence, it is said, arrives the label. It lies NNE from Highland Light,
Cape Cod, 18 mls to its the southern part of edge; SE ? S from Thacher Island 31 kilometers; and is
about 7? mls long within a south and to the north direction by about 3? miles broad. The bottom is
difficult, of broken shells and sand, and depths come from 45 to 60 fathoms. There are 100 fathom
depths inside of the terrain and from 100 to 110 fathoms outside of it. But very little fished at any
moment other than the winter seasons, though apparently, it is an all the 12 months ground for cod,
cusk, and haddock.
Jerry Yorks Ridge. This lies just inside and paralleling Jeffreys Ledge WNW. from its shoal water and
approximately 5 miles distant from the ledge and approximately 18 mls SE. by S. ? S. from Cape
Porpoise. This ground has from 45 to 48 fathoms water on a rocky broken bottom. It is about 5 mls
long, NNE. and SSW., and averages 1? kilometers wide. This is a great haddock and cod ground In
the fall and up to Jan, these minn kota maxxum coming back here in the spring months.

8. Nantucket Shoals. This stretch out of bars and further waters involving, roughly triangular in type
with its apex at the north, lies over the western edge of the Southern Channel, stretching out S. and
SE. in the southern finish of Cape Cod and Nantucket Island. From Monomoy Point out Rogers Sport
fishing Floor, on the eastern edge of Phelps Bank, it is actually SSE. 80 miles. Its width from
Southeast Rips to the american edge of New South Shoal is 40 miles. The area includes a number of
"sportfishing spots" and shoals, among which the following are the most important: Pollock Rip
Ground, Crown and Increased Shoal, Excellent Rip, Davis Bank, Angling Rip, Old and New South
Shoal, and Phelps Bank.
Tobins. A name provided to a piece of terrain about 20 miles sq lying S. by E. from the Highland
Light. It runs from about 40 miles to about 60 kilometers offshore, the depths gradually increasing
as the bottom slopes away consistently from the shoreline from 75 to 95 fathoms spanning a bottom
of clay, yellow sand, and pebbles. Cod are taken within thesummer and spring, and fall, and haddock
inFebruary and March, and April. As opposed to the grounds off Chatham, this is not that need
considering a hake ground, although a few hake are used here in summer season.
The Ridge (about the southern element of Fippenies). This can be SSE. in the light-ship at Portland
75 miles and contains a underside of yellow-colored mud and pebblesdepths and pebbles of 75 to 95
fathoms. Most numerous in February and March; haddock in December and January; hake in
October and September, despite the fact that cod are present here in January and December; cusk
the year around. The length of this bank originates from 4 to 5 a long way and the size somewhat
under 2 kilometers. It is based on an ENE. and WSW. direction.
A comparatively little known and seemingly as nevertheless unnamed ridge lies E. by S. 15 mls from
the buoy on Cashes Ledge, which happens to be reported to be good minn kota maxxum ground,
specifically cod and cusk. With both varieties present right here the year all around, the cod is said
to be most abundant in Apr and May: and the cusk, as is also the guideline on these outlying ridges,
appears in largest phone numbers in April and March. Haddock seem to be relatively rare in this
article.
Pollock Rip Reasons. These rest between Pollock Rip Shovelful and Lightship Lightship and increase
northward to Pollock Rip Shoal. These grounds are 3 kilometers long, E. and W., by 2 miles N. and S.
The depths range from 4 to 12 fathoms. These are fished from Monomoy and also in stormy weather
conditions from Chatham instead of seeing the Crab Ledge. Late in the spring and at the beginning
of the drop the cod move inshore. In winter the cod leave Pollock Rip for the much deeper water.
The gill-net fishery on these grounds is of fantastic and gradually growing importance, though
previously this fishery was almost entirely carried on by trawlers and hands-liners. Of late the larger
part of the haddock catch has been taken by the "otter-trawl" strategy, this equipment being
operated by steamers of considerable size and upon the more distant grounds, such as Georges
Bank, the South Funnel, and the European Bank. The same change to minn kota maxxum reasons
farther offshore has to an excellent extent occurred in the number of larger cruising vessels, thus
leaving Jeffreys and other inshore banks for the smaller craft; except that, with all the high prices of
haddock and cod in the wintertime, it is often profitable for these larger vessels to work off to close
to-by banks for starters set and return to dock the same day.