88 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
CASHE’S LEDGE. 
This is not avery important fishing-ground at present except for a brief 
season in the spring, although it is resorted to somewhat by the shore 
fishermen in summer and fall, and sometimes good trips are obtained. 
It bears east from Cape Ann, from which the shoals are 76 miles dis- 
tant. The bank is about 22 miles long, from 42° 49/ to 43° 11’ N. lati- 
tude, and about 17 miles wide, from 68° 40/ to 69° 3’ W. longitude. There 
are three small shoals on the western part of the ground. The southern 
one has 7 fathoms, the middle one 4 fathoms and the northern one 11 
fathoms of water. The position of the middle shoal is 42° 56’ N. lati- 
tude and 68° 52’ W. longitude. From this the south shoal bears S. by 
BE. and the north shoal NNE., each being 34 miles distant from it. 
These break in rough weather, and, though of small extent, are dan- 
gerous to passing vessels, especially as they are almost directly in the 
track of vessels bound to and from Cape Sable to Massachusetts Bay. 
With the exception of the shoals the depth of water ranges from 15 to 
60 fathoms. The ground is more or less broken, with bottom of sand, 
pebbles, and rocks. The greater part of the fish caught here are cod, 
hake, and cusk. Halibut are rarely seen, and haddock and pollock are 
less plenty than the other kinds. Good trips are often secured on the 
edge of the ground in May and June, but the dogfish, which appear 
about the last of June or in July, usually drive everything before them 
and for a time stop the fishing. The class of vessels fishing on Cashe’s 
range from 15 to 45 tons, and are what are known as shore-trawlers. 
JEFFREY’S BANK. 
This bank, which lies east of Cashe’s Ledge, is of comparative little 
importance as a fishing-ground. It is about 20 miles long SW. and NE., 
and 10 miles wide, the northern and southern limits being 43° 15’ and 
43° 30’ N. latitude. The eastern edge is in 68° 25’ and the western in 
63° 46’ W. longitude. The bottom, which is somewhat broken, is com- 
posed of mud, sand, gravel, and pebbles, with a depth varying from 35 
to 70 fathoms. Cod, haddock, hake, and cusk are the fish most plenti- 
fui; some pollock are caught, but halibut are rarely taken. The best 
season is in late spring and éarly summer, before the dogfish schools 
strike, after which but few fish can be obtained. This bank is resorted 
to by the smaller-sized vessels of from 15 to 50 tons. 
GERMAN BANK. 
Although this bank is not usually laid down on the charts it is one of 
the most important in the Bay. of Fundy. It bears SE. from Baker’s— 
Island light (Mount Desert), from which the northwest part is about 52 
miles distant. The length is about 15 miles and the width 9 to 10 miles. 
It lies between 43° 358’ and 43° 53/ N. latitude, and 66° 5S’ to 679° 15/ 
W. longitude. ‘There is from 65 to 100 fathoms of water. The bottom is 
