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Johns Head Ground. About 4 miles SSE. from Pemaquid Point. Depths are
from 25 to 15 fathoms over a sandy bottom, making a good cod ground in
April and May. The ground is of circular form about 1 mile in diameter.
Hand lines and trawls, together with some gill nets, are used on the
sand shoal.
White Island Ground. This is ESE from White Island, from which its
inner edge is distant � mile and the outer edge about 4 miles. Of
triangular outline, it is widest at the outer end. It is very broken and
uneven and has depths from 6 to 30 fathoms. In some places the bottom is
gravelly, but on the shoal it is sharp, broken rocks. The small, rocky
spots are known by other names, such as Browns Head Ground (a herring
ground in June), where the fishermen catch a few rock cod. The sandy
bottom furnishes good fares of haddock in May and June. "Bobber
trawling" is the usual method used here in June. This ground is fished
mainly by small boats and sloops using hand lines and trawls.
Steamboat Ground. Seven miles WSW. from Monhegan Island; it is 3 miles
long, NE. and SW, and � mile wide. Its bottom is broken with patches of
rocks. Depths are from 25 to 50 fathoms, the shoalest 20 fathoms. This
is fished by hand lines and trawls mainly by craft from New Harbor. Cod
are found here the year around but are most abundant in the fall.
Haddock are present all the spring and fall; hake through the summer
months; pollock in the fall. Cusk are most abundant in the spring. A
certain amount of lobster fishing is done here.
Inner and Outer Boutens (Bootlegs). The inner ground lies 3 miles SW.
from Monhegan Island. It is about 1 mile long. NE. and SW., by 1/4 mile
wide. It has a sharp, rocky bottom, shoalest in the center, where are 25
fathoms, sloping gradually southwest and falling off suddenly on the
northeast side to the mud in 60 fathoms on the edges. Cod, haddock, and
cusk are here the year around. Hake occur in summer on the muddy edges.
It is a fairly good lobster ground on the shoal. The Outer Bouten lies �
mile SW. of the Inner, separated from it by a deep, muddy channel. It
has a small shoal of 30 fathoms rising suddenly from the surrounding
mud. Fish and seasons of their presence are as on Inner Bouten. Fishing
on these grounds is mainly by hand line and trawl. Marks: The Tripod on
Western Duck Island on the eastern side of the big eastern mountain of
Camden: Black Head just out by White Head; White Head through the "Hole
in the Wall."
Hill Ground. This ground is SSW 9 miles from Matinic: between 3 and 4
miles long NE and SW and some 2 miles wide. The shoalest part has 35
fathoms and a rocky bottom. From this it slopes gradually to a depth of
50 fathoms over a bottom of mixed gravel, rocks and mud. Its best
fishing is for hake, using both hand lines and trawls.
Seguin Sou'Sou'West Ground. This ground lies SSW. from the western part
of Seguin Island, the center distant 4 miles. It is a rocky shoal, �
mile long by 200 yards wide, with a �-acre shoal in the center. Depths
are 7 to 14 fathoms. This is evidently a SSW continuation of the Hill
Ground. It is fished by small boats for rock cod by hand-lining.
Trawling is done in March for cod, and this is also a cod ground in
April. It is both a small-boat and a vessel ground and is a lobster
ground the year around. Marks: Elwells Rock touching the western side
of Seguin, and Fullers Rock touching the southern part of Bald Head.
Seguin Ridge. This ridge is SSW. from Seguin Island, distant 5 miles.
Four miles long. ESE. and WSW by � mile wide. There are a number of
small rocky spots--hummocks of 9 to 14 fathoms in depth. In general the
ground has from 10 to 40 fathoms over it, except as mentioned. Cod and
cusk are taken in the spring, haddock in May and June. and hake in
summer. It is a good cod ground in the fall and also a lobster ground. A
few pollock are seined here in the spring. Fishing is by hand lines,
gill netting, and trawling. Marks: Pond Island Light on the eastern spur
of Seguin; Wooded Mark Island on Bald Head (Small Point).
Seguin Ground. This ground is SW. by S. from Seguin Island, distant
about 7 miles to the center. About 4 miles long. NE. and SW., and a
little more than 2 miles wide in the widest part. There is a small
hummock called Bumpers Island Ground on the northern end with depths of
13 fathoms. The northern part is mostly rocky, but toward the south the
bottom is gravelly and sloping, so that on the middle and southern
portions there are depths of 35 to 45 fathoms. Cod, hake, and pollock
are the principal fishes taken here and furnish some of the best fishing
in this vicinity. Haddock are not common here but are abundant on the
sandy bottom to the westward in April and May. Trawl fishing and gill
netting are done in the spring for cod and hand lining for cod and
pollock in October. It is a small-boat and vessel ground and a winter
lobster ground.
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