Haddock Nubble. This is placed SE. ? S. from Matinicus Rock, distant 16 miles, and it has an average depth of 50 fathoms spanning a small, circular repair some 2,000 feet across. The base is of rocks and gravel, and "lemons" and marine growths of like character are abundant. This can be a June cod soil, usually furnishing very good haddocking, also, from November to Jan, inclusive.
Skate Bank. This bank bears SSE. from Matinicus Rock, distant 12 miles. It is about 2 miles in size and nearly circular in form. Depths are from 35 to 60 fathoms. The base is gravelly but quite uneven. The ideal season on this floor for cod and cusk is from April to July. Hake abound in July and August. Hand lines and trawls are used here, fished by sloops and vessels.
Matinicus Sou'Sou'West Grounds. These grounds bear SSW. from Matinicus Rock, from which the inner edge of the grounds is far-away 6 miles. They extend about 9 miles N. and S. and have about the same width, being practically triangular in shape, broadest at the northern conclusion. On the northern part there is a shoal of around 30 fathoms 2 miles long E. and W. and 1 mile vast. On average , twenty fire-related accidents
and injuries Navigate To these Guys occur about boats each and also every yearSharp rocks include this, but the terrain is not broken and drops off slowly to depths of 50 to 55 fathoms or even to 60 fathoms on the southern part. Outside of the shoal the bottom is pebbly and gravelly. This is one of the best cod and haddock grounds in the vicinity. Cod are sometimes abundant here all winter; haddock are found here from December 1 to February and are more abundant than the cod. Hake are plentiful about this ground and in 60 fathoms on the soil off the edge SE. of this ground during the summer season. Marks: Our prime pinnacle on the eastern end of Wooden Ball, showing just out by Matinicus Rock, SW. by S. from the rock, 5 miles.
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Steamboat Soil. Seven miles WSW. from Monhegan Isle; it is 3 a long way long, NE. and SW, and ? mile wide. Its base 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 normally found here the year about but are most abundant in the fall. Haddock are present all the fall and spring; hake through the summer months; pollock in the fall. Cusk are most ample in the spring. A certain amount of lobster minn kota endura is done here.
Inner and External Boutens (Bootlegs). The interior 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 well-defined, rocky bottom, shoalest in the center, where by are 25 fathoms, sloping gradually south west and falling off all of a sudden on the northeast area to the mud in 60 fathoms around the edges. , and cusk are here the entire year around.haddock and Cod Hake exist in summer on the muddy edges. It is a relatively good lobster terrain on the shoal. The Outer Bouten is ? mile SW. of your Inner, separated from it by a deep, dirty channel. It has a small shoal of 30 fathoms rising all of a sudden from the surrounding mud. seasons and Fish of their presence are as on Inside Bouten. Fishing on these grounds is principally by hand trawl and line. Marks: The Tripod on American Duck Island in the eastern side of your big eastern mountain / hill of Camden: Black color Head just out by White Mind; White Head from the "Hole in the Wall."
Hill Ground. This ground is SSW 9 miles from Matinic: between 3 and 4 miles long SW and NE and a few 2 miles large. The shoalest part has 35 fathoms and a rocky base. From this it slopes gradually to a depth of 50 fathoms over a bottom of mixed gravel, stones and mud. Its finest fishing is for hake, using both hand lines and trawls.
Seguin Sou'Sou'West Floor. This ground lies SSW. from the european part of Seguin Tropical isle, the center distant 4 miles. It really is a rocky shoal, ? distance long by 200 yards wide, using a ? -acre shoal in the center. Depths are 7 to 14 fathoms. This really is evidently a SSW continuation of the Hillside Ground. It is fished by small vessels for rock cod by hand-liner. Trawling is done in March for cod, and this is also a cod ground in April. It is each a small-boat and a vessel floor and is a lobster ground the year all around. Marks: Elwells Rock and roll touching the american side of Seguin, and Fullers Rock touching the the southern part of part of Bald Mind.
Seguin Ridge. This ridge is SSW. from Seguin Island, distant 5 mls. Four miles very long. ESE. and WSW by ? mile wide. There are a number of tiny rocky spots--hummocks of 9 to 14 fathoms in depth. Generally 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 floor in the fall plus a lobster ground. A couple of pollock are seined here in the spring. Sport fishing is by hand lines, gill netting, and trawling. Marks: Pond Island Light about the eastern spur of Seguin; Wooded Tag Island on Hairless Head (Small Stage).
Seguin Ground. This ground is SW. by S. from Seguin Island, far-away about 7 kilometers to the center. About 4 miles long. NE. and SW., and a little more than 2 miles large in the widest aspect. There is a small hummock called Bumpers Isle Ground on the upper end with depths of 13 fathoms. The northern part is mostly rocky, but toward the southern the bottom is gravelly and sloping, in order that on the middle and southern portions there are actually depths of 35 to 45 fathoms. Cod, hake, and pollock are the principal fishes taken here and furnish some of the best minn kota endura in this vicinity. Haddock are not common on this page but are abundant about the sandy bottom to the westward in Apr and May. Trawl fishing and gill netting are done in the spring for hand and cod lining for cod and pollock in October. It is a little-boat and vessel ground along with a winter lobster ground.
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