﻿18 
  SURVEY 
  OF 
  PISHING 
  GROUNDS, 
  1914. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  northward, 
  under 
  and 
  near 
  Cape 
  Lookout, 
  the 
  Idaho 
  made 
  

   two 
  sets 
  (i 
  and 
  vii), 
  both 
  on 
  sand 
  bottom, 
  on 
  May 
  11 
  and 
  14; 
  although 
  

   Capt. 
  Qumn 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  last 
  set 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  best 
  bottom 
  he 
  had 
  seen 
  

   on 
  his 
  entire 
  trip, 
  he 
  caught 
  only 
  500 
  or 
  600 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish, 
  practically 
  

   all 
  small. 
  The 
  Daisy, 
  on 
  gravel 
  bottom 
  under 
  Cape 
  Lookout, 
  about 
  

   July 
  30, 
  caught 
  4,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  halibut, 
  all 
  too 
  small 
  to 
  market. 
  

  

  Set 
  VII. 
  — 
  May 
  8, 
  off 
  the 
  Columbia 
  River; 
  picked 
  up 
  granular 
  

   shale, 
  obviously 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  patch, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   the 
  dories 
  the 
  Albatross 
  bottom 
  sampler 
  brought 
  up 
  a 
  core 
  of 
  soft 
  

   green 
  mud 
  2^ 
  feet 
  long. 
  The 
  total 
  catch 
  yielded 
  but 
  one 
  32-pound 
  

   halibut, 
  15 
  dogfish, 
  1 
  skate, 
  1 
  sole, 
  and 
  1 
  octopus. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  above 
  seven 
  sets, 
  i 
  and 
  iii 
  offer 
  possibilities 
  of 
  good 
  fishing 
  

   spots. 
  The 
  bottom 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  alive,* 
  as 
  found 
  by 
  the 
  Albatross 
  on 
  

   this 
  and 
  her 
  1888-89 
  trips, 
  carrying 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  bottom 
  organ- 
  

   isms. 
  Set 
  IV 
  also 
  has 
  goodbottom, 
  of 
  a 
  coarse 
  gray 
  sand, 
  tending 
  toward 
  

   that 
  later 
  found 
  just 
  off 
  Newport 
  and 
  carrying 
  a 
  good 
  run 
  of 
  fish 
  

   during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  July, 
  August, 
  and 
  September. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  

   probable, 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  later 
  developments, 
  that 
  had 
  fresh 
  herring' 
  or 
  

   salmon 
  been 
  employed 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  salt 
  bait 
  used 
  and 
  a 
  longer 
  

   soak 
  given, 
  a 
  materially 
  larger 
  catch 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  returned 
  in 
  each 
  

   case. 
  The 
  other 
  sets, 
  with 
  the 
  possible 
  exception 
  of 
  set 
  v, 
  on 
  

   granular 
  shale 
  and 
  fine 
  gravel, 
  were 
  made 
  on 
  unfavorable 
  bottom. 
  

  

  Dogfish 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  nearly 
  every 
  set 
  and, 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  seen, 
  are 
  a 
  

   great 
  pest 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  The 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  " 
  dogs" 
  at 
  this 
  season 
  

   was 
  the 
  one 
  great 
  difficulty 
  encountered 
  by 
  the 
  Idaho 
  in 
  her 
  attempt 
  

   to 
  make 
  successful 
  fishing 
  trials. 
  

  

  Set 
  VIII. 
  — 
  May 
  27, 
  off 
  Newport, 
  in 
  31 
  to 
  34 
  fathoms; 
  bottom, 
  fine 
  

   gray 
  sand. 
  As 
  but 
  3 
  halibut, 
  averaging 
  23 
  pounds 
  each, 
  were 
  taken, 
  

   this 
  was 
  considered 
  poor 
  bottom, 
  but 
  after 
  completing 
  the 
  chart 
  of 
  

   the 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  it 
  was 
  seen 
  that 
  this 
  set 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

   fishing 
  ground 
  proper, 
  and 
  the 
  6 
  sea 
  pens, 
  or 
  pennatulids, 
  taken 
  on 
  

   the 
  trawl 
  line 
  show 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  bottom 
  life 
  of 
  a 
  character 
  to 
  war- 
  

   rant 
  the 
  inclusion 
  of 
  this 
  area 
  in 
  the 
  bank. 
  

  

  Set 
  IX. 
  — 
  May 
  28, 
  on 
  Heceta 
  Bank, 
  in 
  66 
  to 
  68 
  fathoms; 
  bottom, 
  

   granular 
  shale, 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  siliceous 
  shale 
  area, 
  which 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   generally 
  considered 
  as 
  poor 
  bottom. 
  Five 
  halibut, 
  including 
  4 
  first- 
  

   class 
  fish, 
  averaging 
  about 
  25 
  pounds 
  each, 
  were 
  taken. 
  

  

  Set 
  X. 
  — 
  May 
  28, 
  on 
  Heceta 
  Bank, 
  in 
  109 
  fathoms; 
  bottom, 
  fine 
  

   black 
  sand 
  and 
  some 
  fine 
  gravel, 
  apparently 
  good 
  halibut 
  ground, 
  

   but 
  tending 
  in 
  character 
  and 
  depth 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  favorable 
  for 
  black 
  

   cod, 
  as 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  set. 
  Twenty-six 
  black 
  cod 
  

   weighing 
  276 
  pounds, 
  the 
  fish 
  ranging 
  from 
  7 
  to 
  18 
  pounds 
  and 
  aver- 
  

   aging 
  10.6 
  pounds 
  each, 
  were 
  caught. 
  Only 
  1 
  hahbut, 
  weighing 
  16 
  

   pounds, 
  was 
  taken. 
  

  

  