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  SURVEY 
  OF 
  FISHING 
  GEOUNDS^ 
  1914. 
  

  

  ciently 
  deep 
  water, 
  possibly 
  across 
  the 
  reef, 
  Yaquina 
  Bay 
  will 
  be 
  

   handicapped 
  as 
  a 
  fishing 
  port. 
  

  

  Somewhat 
  similar 
  conditions 
  obtain 
  off 
  Tillamook, 
  concerning 
  

   which 
  the 
  Coast 
  Pilot 
  says: 
  

  

  Sixteen 
  feet 
  have 
  been 
  carried 
  over 
  the 
  bar 
  at 
  high 
  tide 
  with 
  a 
  smooth 
  sea. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

   The 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  channel 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  depended 
  upon 
  and 
  is 
  liable 
  to 
  change 
  in 
  heavy- 
  

   weather. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  North 
  of 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  Humbolt 
  and 
  Coos 
  Bays, 
  Columbia 
  River, 
  

   Willapa 
  Bay, 
  and 
  Grays 
  Harbor 
  afford 
  good 
  shelter, 
  but 
  must 
  be 
  made 
  before 
  the 
  sea 
  

   rises, 
  as 
  afterwards 
  the 
  bars 
  are 
  impassable. 
  

  

  The 
  Albatross 
  did 
  not 
  begin 
  work 
  until 
  well 
  into 
  spring, 
  owing 
  to 
  

   the 
  severe 
  weather 
  conditions 
  prevailing 
  during 
  the 
  winter. 
  Through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  early 
  summer 
  fresh, 
  brisk 
  gales 
  were 
  of 
  frequent 
  

   occurrence, 
  usually 
  lasting 
  for 
  several 
  days 
  at 
  a 
  time, 
  and, 
  if 
  from 
  

   the 
  southeast, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  fog. 
  During 
  the 
  late 
  summer 
  and 
  

   early 
  fall 
  much 
  less 
  rough 
  weather 
  was 
  experienced, 
  but 
  the 
  fogs, 
  on 
  

   the 
  other 
  hand, 
  were 
  denser 
  and 
  more 
  troublesome, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  September 
  winter 
  conditions 
  were 
  ushered 
  in. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  whole, 
  both 
  small 
  boat 
  and 
  vessel 
  fishing, 
  irrespective 
  of 
  

   the 
  run 
  of 
  fish, 
  is 
  restricted 
  by 
  weather 
  conditions 
  to 
  the 
  five 
  months, 
  

   late 
  April 
  to 
  early 
  September, 
  and 
  even 
  then 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  days 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  summer 
  are 
  much 
  too 
  rough 
  or 
  foggy 
  to 
  permit 
  the 
  smaller 
  

   craft 
  to 
  operate 
  with 
  any 
  degree 
  of 
  safety. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  convenience 
  of 
  those 
  using 
  this 
  report, 
  the 
  following 
  very 
  

   excellent 
  recapitulation 
  of 
  weather, 
  wind, 
  and 
  fog 
  conditions 
  is 
  

   quoted 
  from 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Coast 
  Pilot, 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  (second 
  

   edition, 
  1909, 
  pp. 
  10-11): 
  

  

  Weather. 
  — 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  seasons 
  — 
  the 
  summer 
  or 
  dry 
  season, 
  which 
  begins 
  about 
  

   May 
  and 
  continues 
  until 
  October, 
  and 
  the 
  winter 
  or 
  rainy 
  season, 
  covering 
  the 
  remain- 
  

   der 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  These 
  seasons 
  vary 
  in 
  length 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   in 
  different 
  years. 
  

  

  Northward 
  of 
  San 
  Francisco 
  the 
  rainy 
  season 
  increases 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  amount 
  of 
  

   rainfall, 
  and 
  as 
  Juan 
  de 
  Fuca 
  Strait 
  is 
  approached 
  showers 
  of 
  short 
  duration 
  and 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  local 
  may 
  be 
  looked 
  for 
  at 
  any 
  time. 
  Snow 
  falls 
  at 
  rare 
  occasions 
  in 
  San 
  

   Francisco 
  and 
  vicinity, 
  but 
  is 
  frequent 
  and 
  at 
  times 
  heavy 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Juan 
  de 
  

   Fuca 
  Strait. 
  From 
  San 
  Francisco 
  northward 
  the 
  winter 
  gales 
  increase 
  in 
  severity, 
  

   frequency 
  and 
  duration, 
  while 
  in 
  summer 
  the 
  northerly 
  and 
  northwesterly 
  winds 
  at 
  

   times 
  reach 
  almost 
  hiuricane 
  strength. 
  

  

  Winds. 
  — 
  The 
  prevailing 
  winds 
  in 
  summer 
  are 
  from 
  northwest 
  and 
  west, 
  on 
  the 
  

   northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  coast. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  The 
  northwest 
  winds 
  in 
  summer 
  frequently 
  

   reach 
  a 
  velocity 
  of 
  70 
  miles 
  an 
  hour 
  and 
  extend 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  Point 
  Conception. 
  

   * 
  * 
  * 
  As 
  a 
  rule, 
  the 
  northwest 
  wind 
  begins 
  about 
  sunrise 
  and 
  reaches 
  its 
  maximum 
  

   velocity 
  about 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  p. 
  m., 
  moderating 
  toward 
  sunset 
  and 
  dropping 
  to 
  light 
  airs 
  or 
  

   calms 
  by 
  daylight. 
  The 
  severe 
  northwesterly 
  gales 
  generally 
  last 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  days 
  

   and 
  continue 
  throughout 
  the 
  night 
  with 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  diminution. 
  

  

  In 
  winter 
  the 
  heaviest 
  weather 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  southeast 
  and 
  southwest, 
  with 
  an 
  occa- 
  

   sional 
  northerly 
  gale 
  of 
  short 
  duration. 
  These 
  gales, 
  with 
  the 
  heavy 
  southwest 
  swell 
  

   prevailing 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  months, 
  cause 
  a 
  confused, 
  irregular 
  sea 
  that 
  taxes 
  the 
  

   weatherly 
  qualities 
  of 
  a 
  vessel 
  to 
  the 
  utmost. 
  They 
  spring 
  up 
  gradually 
  from 
  south- 
  

   ward 
  and 
  increase 
  in 
  strength, 
  with 
  a 
  rapidly 
  falling 
  barometer. 
  When 
  the 
  barometer 
  

  

  