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Long Hill Ground. This lies SSE. from Cape Elizabeth, 9 miles to the
center. Marks: Bring the western light of Cape Elizabeth on the middle
of Johnsons Woods on the high land of the cape, which with the course
given before, will bring to the center. This lies in a SSE. and NNW.
direction and is a rocky bottom, having 60 to 70 fathoms. Haddock are
taken here from October to January 1 and from February 15 to April 1.
Cod also occur at about the same season.
Outer and Inner Bumbo. These are two small rocky ridges bearing SE.
from The Nubble and extending toward Boon Island. They begin near the
main shore and extend nearly to the island. Depths are from 8 to 20
fathoms over a broken piece of bottom, except for a mud gully about 3
miles from the main running NE. and SW. about 3 miles long. In general,
this is a small-boat ground, where good catches of cod and haddock are
made in spring and fall, especially in the latter season, with good
hand-lining for cod in July and August in 8 and 10 fathom depths. These
grounds are fished by trawl, hand line and gill nets. All the grounds
between Cape Porpoise and Boon Island are good lobster grounds.
Wells Bay. Beside a number of small, rocky patches of fishing ground of
less importance, resorted to chiefly by small-boat fishermen and by gill
netters from Portsmouth, Wood Island, and Cape Porpoise; this ground has
a good cod shoal for spring and winter fishing, which also furnishes
good haddocking from April to October. The depths on this are from 25 to
30 fathoms. These are fished by trawl, hand lines, and gill nets
(perhaps mainly by the latter) operated by the smaller fishing vessels,
chiefly from Portsmouth, Wood island, Cape Porpoise, and Portland.
Lightons. This ground is SE. by E. 8 miles from Cape Porpoise, 3 miles
long by 2 miles wide, with depths of 25 to 30 fathoms over a generally
gravelly bottom. This is somewhat more productive as a haddock ground
from January 1 to March, but cod and hake are numerous in the same season
also. A small amount of cod may be taken here in the summer. This is a
good lobster ground.
Tracadie; The Acre. This bears NE. by E. from Boon island, distant 5
miles. It is 1 mile in diameter and has a depth of 50 fathoms over a
bottom of rocks and gravel. It is a good haddock ground all the year; a
cod ground in August, when these fish are "jigged"; a hake ground from
April to October; and a cusk ground the year around.
Old Southeast. Extends from the shore soundings at White Island (one
of the isles of Shoals) 7 or 8 miles SE. nearly to Jeffreys in a long,
rather narrow point. It is a piece of broken ground with a hard bottom,
having depths running from 20 fathoms on the inner parts to 50 fathoms
farther out and deepening suddenly on all sides to the mud about it.
Fish and their seasons are as on Blue Clay, haddock being most abundant
on the eastern edge from January through March. This is growing steadily
in importance as a gill-netting ground.
The Prairie. This name has been given to a flat ground of generally
level bottom, lying E. by N. from Boon Island 7 miles. It has depths of
from 41 to 50 fathoms over mud and gravel, rising out of 60 fathoms
over the muddy ground about it. It extends in a generally ENE. by WSW.
direction, 2 miles long by 1 mile wide. It is a "blistery" ground, the
presence of these growths on a rocky or gravelly bottom usually meaning
good fishing. This is principally a haddock ground, with the best season
from mid March to the 1st of May. This is a small-boat and gill-netting
ground. It is also visited to a considerable extent by the larger
vessels of the Portland fleet in the severer weather of the winter and
early spring because of its accessibility.
Blue Clay Ground. also called Southeast Ground. This bears S. by E.
from Boon Island. from which it is distant 8 miles. The form of the
ground is roughly square and is from 4 to S miles across. Depths here
range from 30 on the shoalest parts to 60 fathoms, the bottom being of
tough blue clay. The water deepens suddenly on the muddy ground all
about it. It is one of the best winter haddock grounds in this vicinity,
particularly the eastern edge, which is much resorted to by haddock
trawlers from January through March, when this species is most abundant
here. It is a good winter cod ground, also.
A long, narrow strip of hard bottom, separated from the Blue Clay by a
narrow mud gully of somewhat greater depth, is called the Prong. Depths
here run from 30 fathoms on the inner parts to 70 fathoms offshore. This
piece furnishes a very suitable bottom for operating gill nets and is
much visited by this type of craft. The Prong lies S. by E. from Cape
Porpoise 17 miles. Marks: Bring Acre Hill in line, Notch of Agamenticus
at the distance from Cape Porpoise just given. From the Isle of Shoals
the Prong is distant 10 miles SE. by E.
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