88 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



CASHE'S LEDGE. 



This is not a very 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 70 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 G8° 40' to 09° 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° 5G' 1ST. lati- 

 tude and 6S° 52' W. longitude. From this the south shoal bears S. by 

 E. and the north shoal jSHSTE., each being 3 J 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 

 (50 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 cask. 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 08° 25' and the western in 

 08° 40' 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 cask are the fish most plenti- 

 ful ; some pollock are caught, but halibut are rarely taken. The best 

 season is in late spring and early 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 Fuudy. 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° 38' and 43° 53' 1ST. latitude, and 00° 5S' to G7° 15' 

 W. longitude. There is from 65 to 100 fathoms of water. The bottom is 



