34 PISHING-GEOUNDS OF NOETH AMERICA. 



Another lot of small patches lie westerly from the Outer Shoal and close to Monhegan Island. 

 These are, the Cask Ground, with depths of from twenty to thirty-five fathoms; Gall Eock Ledge, 

 a shoal of three and three-fourths fathoms; Lobster Point Ground, with depths of fifteen to thirty 

 fathoms; Inner Spring Ground, fifteen to thirty fathoms; and Outer Spring Ground, twenty- 

 five to thirty-five fathoms. All of these are fished on for cod, haddock, and pollock by small 

 boats, principally in the early spring and late fall. Not mKch distinction can be made between 

 these grounds, as a boat may fish on several of them in the course of a single day. The Spring 

 Grounds, however, are so near the harbor that they are generally the first visited in the spring; 

 hence the name. 



GROUNDS NORTH, NORTHEAST, AND BAST OF MONHEGAN ISLAND. 



Hake Ground or Mud Channel. — This is a soft, muddy channel, extending from just 

 outside of White Head to abreast of Monhegan Island, on the northern side. The depth varies 

 from twenty to forty-five fathoms, and it was formerly one of the best hake grounds along the 

 shore. It is now of less importance. 



Black Island Ground bears east-northeast from Monhegan Island, from which the inner 

 edge is distant about one mile. It is about one mile in diameter, and has a small shoal of ten 

 fathoms, with a sharp, rocky bottom in the center. Prom this shoal the depth increases gradually 

 to the edge of the ground, where it reaches forty fathoms. Beyond the depth of twenty-eight 

 to thirty fathoms the bottom is gravelly and. smoother. Monhegan Island boats fish on this 

 ground all the season, from spring until fall, cod being caught in the spring, pollock on the 

 shoal in the summer, and cod and hake on the edge in summer and fall. 



Burnt Island Inner Eidge bears northeast by east from Monhegan Island, from which 

 the inner edge is distant about three miles. This is a broken piece of ground, with depths 

 varying from fifteen to twenty fathoms, the bottom being generally rocky and gravelly, with 

 occasional mud holes. It extends in a northeast direction about four miles, reaching nearly to 

 the Eoaring Bull Ledge, and is about half a mile wide. Cod are taken here in the spring, from 

 April to June, and cod and hake in the fall, from September to November. 



Burnt Island Outer Eidge. — This runs parallel with the Inner Eidge, at a distance from 

 it of about three-fourths of a mile. It has depths varying from five to twenty-five fathoms, the 

 bottom being somewhat less broken than on the Inner Eidge. This ground is fished on for the 

 same species as are taken on the Inner Eidge. 



Orne's Ground bears east, distant four and one-half miles, from Monhegan light to the 

 center. It is about a mile and a half long, east and west, and about a mile wide, with depths 

 varying from thirty to forty-five fathoms. On the shoal part the bottom consists of sharp rocks 

 and is broken, but on other portions of the ground it is gravelly and pebbly and quite level. 

 The shoal lies toward the eastern part of the ground. This is a good locality for cod. 



GROUNDS southeast OF MONHEGAN ISLAND. 



Outer Shoal lies about three miles southeast from Monhegan light-house. It is circular in 

 shape, one and one-half miles in diameter, and has. depths ranging from ten to thirty-eight 

 fathoms. A small rocky shoal of ten fathoms is located near the center of the ground, the 

 remainder having a gravelly bottom. Cod occur here from spring until fall, and the shoal is also 

 a good locality for pollock. 



Monhegan Inner Sou'-Southeast Ground.— This shoal bears south-southeast from 

 Monhegan light-house, from which the center is distant about five miles. It is nearly circular in 



