﻿COASTS 
  OF 
  WASHINGTON 
  AND 
  OREGON. 
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  gravel 
  bottom, 
  took 
  one 
  72-pound 
  halibut; 
  the 
  mshore 
  dory 
  took 
  

   the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  catch 
  of 
  296 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish, 
  which 
  averaged 
  

   about 
  31 
  pounds. 
  Of 
  these, 
  8 
  were 
  first-class 
  fish, 
  weighing 
  between 
  

   11 
  and 
  80 
  pounds, 
  averaging 
  about 
  37 
  pounds 
  each. 
  All 
  were 
  nice 
  

   looking, 
  blue-meated 
  hahbut. 
  Though 
  salt 
  herring 
  bait 
  was 
  used 
  

   and 
  a 
  one-hour 
  set 
  made, 
  the 
  result 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  indicate 
  that 
  in 
  

   this 
  vicinity 
  a 
  good 
  catch 
  of 
  fish 
  might 
  be 
  expected 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  

   The 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  Idaho's 
  sets 
  Nos. 
  5 
  and 
  6, 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1913, 
  do 
  

   not 
  bear 
  out 
  this 
  assumption, 
  but 
  at 
  times 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  a 
  half 
  mile 
  

   will 
  put 
  a 
  schooner 
  off 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  spot. 
  This 
  set 
  was 
  near 
  the 
  prob- 
  

   able 
  location 
  of 
  Capt. 
  Edwards's 
  very 
  successful 
  trial 
  in 
  1911 
  or 
  1912. 
  

   Tlie 
  dogfish 
  were 
  quite 
  troublesome, 
  21 
  being 
  taken, 
  together 
  with 
  

   34 
  red 
  rock 
  and 
  1 
  ling 
  cod. 
  Rock 
  cod 
  usually 
  frequent 
  a 
  bottom 
  

   somewhat 
  more 
  rocky 
  than 
  that 
  preferred 
  by 
  halibut. 
  

  

  Set 
  11. 
  — 
  May 
  2, 
  ofi^ 
  Newport, 
  well 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  bank 
  in 
  96 
  

   fathoms; 
  bottom 
  green 
  mud 
  with 
  an 
  admixture 
  of 
  black 
  sand, 
  under- 
  

   laid 
  by 
  siliceous 
  shale. 
  The 
  mud 
  adhered 
  in 
  stringy 
  masses 
  to 
  the 
  

   trawl 
  lines, 
  an 
  evidence 
  of 
  soft, 
  unfavorable 
  bottom. 
  One 
  20-pound 
  

   halibut, 
  1 
  dogfish, 
  4 
  skates, 
  8 
  red 
  rock, 
  and 
  3 
  ling 
  cod 
  were 
  taken. 
  

  

  Set 
  111. 
  — 
  May 
  5, 
  on 
  Heceta 
  Bank, 
  about 
  15 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  set 
  i, 
  in 
  

   61 
  fathoms; 
  on 
  broken 
  bottom 
  composed 
  of 
  granular 
  shale 
  and 
  fme 
  

   gravel. 
  One 
  small 
  fragment 
  of 
  rock 
  caught 
  on 
  the 
  trawl. 
  Two 
  

   skates 
  were 
  set 
  from 
  each 
  dory. 
  Of 
  the 
  4 
  halibut 
  taken, 
  3 
  were 
  first- 
  

   class 
  fish, 
  averaging 
  26 
  pounds, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  10 
  pounds. 
  The 
  spring 
  

   run 
  of 
  dogfish 
  was 
  again 
  encountered, 
  80 
  being 
  taken. 
  

  

  Set 
  IV. 
  — 
  May 
  6, 
  about 
  13 
  miles 
  off 
  Newport, 
  in 
  54 
  to 
  57 
  fathoms; 
  

   fairly 
  good 
  bottom, 
  composed 
  fuie 
  black 
  sand, 
  broken 
  shells, 
  and 
  

   coarse 
  gray 
  sand. 
  A 
  basket 
  star, 
  indicative 
  of 
  ''live" 
  bottom, 
  was 
  

   brought 
  up 
  at 
  this 
  station. 
  Of 
  the 
  8 
  halibut 
  caught, 
  7, 
  averaging 
  21 
  

   pounds, 
  were 
  first-class 
  fish, 
  Tliirty-six 
  dogfish 
  and 
  9 
  red 
  fish 
  were 
  

   taken. 
  

  

  Set 
  V. 
  — 
  May 
  6, 
  off 
  Newport 
  in 
  62 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  granular 
  shale 
  and 
  

   some 
  fuie 
  gravel, 
  rather 
  too 
  hard 
  bottom 
  for 
  halibut. 
  Twenty-one 
  

   rock 
  cod 
  and 
  4 
  small 
  halibut 
  of 
  an 
  average 
  weight 
  of 
  14 
  pounds 
  were 
  

   caught. 
  

  

  Set 
  VI. 
  — 
  May 
  7, 
  off 
  Cascade 
  Head, 
  in 
  48 
  fathoms; 
  the 
  sounding 
  

   indicated 
  fuie 
  gray 
  sand, 
  and 
  4 
  large 
  sea 
  anemones 
  attached 
  to 
  scallop 
  

   shells 
  were 
  brought 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  trawl 
  line. 
  No 
  hahbut 
  were 
  taken, 
  1 
  

   flounder, 
  1 
  ling 
  cod, 
  2 
  red 
  rock-cod, 
  and 
  6 
  skates 
  constituting 
  the 
  

   total 
  catch. 
  It 
  was 
  hardly 
  expected 
  that 
  halibut 
  would 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  

   the 
  fine 
  gray 
  sand 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  sounding 
  lead, 
  and 
  the 
  set 
  was 
  

   made 
  merely 
  to 
  determine 
  what 
  might 
  be 
  expected 
  on 
  bottom 
  of 
  

   that 
  character, 
  A 
  later 
  set 
  (xxxv) 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  locahty 
  was 
  

   hardly 
  more 
  productive. 
  Farther 
  inshore 
  the 
  bottom 
  gets 
  better, 
  

   being 
  composed 
  of 
  fine 
  gravel, 
  but 
  the 
  Chicago 
  made 
  a 
  set 
  (5) 
  there 
  

   on 
  April 
  2, 
  in 
  12 
  fathoms, 
  with 
  but 
  poor 
  success, 
  

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