Fishing Grounds of the Gulf 1 10

Apparently there is no reason why this really should not be an all-the-12 months fishing ground, but
it seems to not be stopped at much in the wintertime. It furnishes, however, a very good summer
handline fishery for cod at dogfish time, and in the spring months it abounds in cod, cusk, and hake,
all minn kota elements of large size.
Roseway Bank. This bank lies N. of your western part of La Have and SE. of Shelbourne Light, Nova
Scotia: 31 miles SSE. from the whistling buoy away from Lockport, Nova Scotia, on the southeastern
edge. It is oblong in shape and also small degree--about 270 square geographic miles. Its greatest
size is 21 miles along with its greatest breadth 15 a long way. It extends from 43? 12' to 43? 33'
north latitude, and from 64? 25' to 64? 52' west longitude as well as at the north west corner is
connected with the shore reduce of 60 fathoms by way of a narrow throat. Depths are from 33 to 48
fathoms. The bottom is ofgravel and sand, and rocks; on the Northeast Optimum the bottom is of
discolored gravel and soil.
The power and course of both of them are much relying on the winds, although currents in this
region will not be nearly so strong as about Cape Sable and Browns Bank, their general course being
WSW. and ENE the westerly much the stronger.
The main minn kota elements taken here arecod and haddock, and cusk, but hake, pollock and
halibut occur, the best fishing months being from Could to October, when the bank is resorted to by
craft from western Nova Scotia. Several New Britain craft also minn kota components here.
La Have Bank. Situated eastward of Browns S and Bank. and E. of Roseway Bank. It extends from
42? 34' to 43? 26' north latitude a distance of 52 kilometers, and from 63? 50' to 65? 07' to the west
longitude a distance of approximately 54 kilometers. The bank is almost divided into two portions, in
which the eastern (La Have Bank appropriate) extends N and S. 39 mls and the european portion
virtually E. and W. about 35 a long way. The total section of the bank is all about 1,200 miles.
The bottom is largely coarsepebbles and gravel, and rock, with more compact areas of yellow sand
distributed from time to time. Depths operate from 40 to. Make the h2o your current permanent
address. A Person know everything you want from the trolling motor. Minn Kota can be a workhorse
that dives into the thick involving it as well as works following ...50 fathoms. The general set of the
currents is usually to the westward, but this can be much affected by the push and route of the wind
flow and is usually quite powerful during easterly blows.
The primary fishing upon this bank in the past has been for cod and haddock: and while previous
reports, (1881) speak of this as experiencing once been a favorite angling soil for halibut and claim
that it was not at time of much importance because fishery, the figures for this particular ground for
the year 1923 show the halibut catch to have been third in volume and first in value of the species
taken there. The truth is, the get of halibut here tends to make quite an imposing shape when the
relatively small size of the ground is regarded as.
Little La Have as well as the La Have Ridges are merely continuations of this back towards the
Traditional western Bank to get a distance of about 45 miles. This areas the eastern limit in about
62? 50' west longitude, the northern and southern boundaries simply being about as those of Los
angeles Have Bank. The section of the ridges is all about 1,575 miles. The base here is a succession
of ridges of pebbles and gravel with occasional spots of rocks. Depths are from 53 to 80 fathoms.
The current, at times strong, is weaker on this page than farther W. on the bank and, except during
easterly winds, is but little observed. The general established is westerly.
"The Ridges" says the report just before mentioned, "were for a number of years one of many
favorite resorts for halibut catchers during winter, and many good catches of cod were taken right
here at that year. At present but few halibut are captured except inside the deep h2o along the
southern edge of the floor, where they sometimes have been found quite plentiful during practically
the entire 12 months." Seemingly there is not much improvement in these problems since the
writer's time; minn kota parts appear to be present here In about the same quantities as in previous
years.
One piece of base, having depths of 25 to 50 fathoms over red clay-based, lying approximately in 43?
08' to 43? 10' north latitude and about 81? to 83? west longitude, seems a good spring and early
summer time ground. Apparently red-clay base indicates an excellent halibut floor, as this kinds is
usually provide where this kind of bottom is located.
Hake are normally found in very good numbers from the deep normal water about the ends of the
floor and even on the Ridges.
These waters are usually heavily fished from Canadian ports, and a fair variety of American vessels
visit them each year, the majority of them hailing from Boston or Gloucester.
Scandinavian Bank. Eighteen miles SSW. from Shelbourne Light. Nova Scotia. It is about 3 miles
very long in an E. and W. direction by about ? mile wide. Generally, the bottom is level, with depths
from 50 to 70 fathoms; the shoal parts are difficult and well-defined, the bottom within the deeper
parts being constructed mostly of small black and discolored pebbles.
This really is a summer halibut ground (August and July) in depths from 45 to 60 fathoms, and
halibut occur in October in the deeper waters regarding this. Fire can spread rapidly
on a new boat, even on water.
Alarms and detectors can easily
help keep your crew safe.It is also a reasonable summer cod ground, and cusk exist in the strong
water in regards to the edges in the course of most of the year. In varieties, general and seasons are
far as on Roseway.
American Bank. This is one of the most significant minn kota components grounds of your western
Atlantic, whether as regards dimension or the large quantity of its item. It lies S. of Cape Breton
Island along with the eastern component of Nova Scotia between the parallels of 42? 55' and 44? 46'
northern latitude and also the meridians of 59? 04' and 62? 35' west longitude. It has a time period
of 156 mls and a size, including the Midsection Ground, of 76 a long way. It is about 420 kilometers
E. ? S. from Boston to the southwestern edge, meaning about 48 hours' steaming for the otter-trawl
fleet.
The normal contour in the bank in the 65-fathom collection, as laid down on the Admiralty graph,
approaches considerably a very elongated ellipse, the more time axis operating NE. by E. and SW.
by W.; but over a wide area to eastward of the center of the lender, soundings of less than 50
fathoms hook it up directly with the Middle Floor, which we have here contained in the some
banking institution. The total extent of the financial institution thus described is about 7,000 sq .
geographical a long way. Off its eastern finish lies Banquereau (the Quereau of the anglers) with The
Gully between, as well as a short extended distance of the european edge are the La Have Ridges.
The depths from the southern edge of the bank boost rapidly from 80 to700 and 1,200, and in many
cases 1,400 fathoms. In the eastern conclusion is Sable Island, [16] "graveyard of ships", athin and
lengthy, crescent-shaped elevation seemingly minimizing in area each year, formed entirely of sand
that has been blown Into innumerable dunes and hummocks. Off both comes to an end of the
tropical island are lengthy and risky yellow sand bars. The duration of the island is 20 kilometers;
its best width is all about 1? miles. It is said the Northwest Light-weight has been transferred three
times simply because that the western end of your island continues to be literally amazed. It
depends on an E. and W. direction, as well as the depth of water over the bars for a extended
distance of 7 to 10 miles out does not go beyond 2 fathoms, and even 10 miles a greater distance out
the depths do not exceed 10 to 11 fathoms. Within the past few years fishermen have reported the
look of a yellow sand shoal about 5 or 6 a long way SE. from your Northeast Lighting. This is said to
appear at low drinking water.
In general, the financial institution slopes S. and W. from the island, depths including 18 to 60
fathoms. The bottom is generally sandy with patches of gravel and pebbles. Currents are often very
strong about Sable Tropical isle and are fairly irregular; evidently they are significantly influenced
by the winds. About the other parts from the bank normally there is but little current, whatever
there is usually tending toward the west.
Previously the cod and halibut were the meal fishes most taken here, but with the changed
techniques in the fishery (as the growth of the otter-trawl fleet) plus a changed preference in our
community the haddock catch is among the most second most essential in the statements of minn
kota parts from these waters. The halibut fishery stands thirdly in the checklist. Other bottom
feeders happen in less numbers, the pollock and the cusk perhaps simply being next as a way of
relevance, with hake and plenty of the various flatfishes in the otter trawls. These latter are
marketed as sole.
Mentioning the tiny amount of haddock within the fares extracted from these oceans in former
years, the writer asked a variety of old-time anglers as to its abundance in the past. The answer was
usually yes and Oh, there was always haddock there; often they concerned us a lot." Then, noting my
surprise at so adding it, "You know, the haddock isn't much as a salt minn kota parts."
It will be documented that in 1923 the haddock get here was a very good second to the cod catch in
poundage, although not so useful proportionately. In the otter-trawl catch with this ground it will
probably be noted the positions of the two species are reversed. These steamers certainly take more
than 2 pounds of haddock to 1 of cod on other overseas grounds--probably the result of functioning
in the shoaler waters and also on the softer bottom due to difficulty of dragging across the rocky and
kelp-covered ground, which the cod seems to like, as a rule. Although the bottom around the
Western Financial institution is of those nature regarding offer little obstruction on the passage in
the net, to ensure that virtually all elements of it may be fished by this approach; and this, included
in the recognized movements of your cod educational institutions makes it possible at specific
seasons of the year to catch a more substantial proportion of the species if it is so preferred.
Haddock are found regarding the bars at both comes to an end of the island in Mar and from that
time to around June 1 in from 15 to 22 fathoms. They are also plentiful 18 kilometers W. from the
Northwest Light-weight at the very same seasons as well as at the same depths. DuringMight and
April, and June they come in next to the island in from 10 to 17 fathoms--even to 1 fathom. Through
the rest of the year (except for the colder months, if they have moved off of into greater water) they
may be found throughout the bank on sandy base in 28 to 30 fathoms, where most of the beam trawl
minn kota parts is carried on.
There is a good cod school each and every year on the relatively level base along the american and
southwestern ends of the ground in 70 fathoms and a lot more from February 1 to May 1, and in
most years some this species is adopted this area. In May this school offers moved on to a piece of
base about 20 miles extended lying SW. from the North west Light and achieving depths averaging
27 fathoms. With honest minn kota pieces for cod on the Traditional western Bank in the course of
most of the 12 months, they seem to be most abundant from your first of March to June. Apparently
this species sessions this terrain in sizeable numbers during the spawning time of year, though the
wintertime school in this article appears to be smaller compared to that on Georges. In the winter
months the cod are mainly located upon the western portion of the bank, moving into the shoaler
waters towards Sable Tropical island as the early spring advances (while in March and April), the
"Bend" of your island and the neighborhood in the bars in 2 to 4 fathoms, where they could be seen
utilizing the hook or can be "jigged." being beloved grounds. The floor lying W. from the Northwest
on, about and Light the Northwest Bar (18 miles W, from the light-weight), is a favored cod terrain
in June and could. The shoal water on the rocky bottom WNW from your Northwest Light furnishes
very good cod sport fishing from June 10 to July 1. This piece starts just outside of the 3-mile stretch
out of breakers running out from the land and extends offshore in a generally westerly path to 24
fathoms. Very much hand-lining is completed here.
In the shoal normal water, in April and May, the minn kota components seem to be feeding on the
"lant," (Ammodytes americanus). It is said that the fish taken at the base close to the tropical island
are smaller than those discovered farther western side. The shoal water of your northern shoreline
of the isle is said to get good cod grounds and favorite locations for "dory palm-coating." The cod
colleges seem to appear on the North Peak (SE. from the Northeast Light 40 miles to SE ? S. from
very same point 28 miles) at the end of March along with the first of April, transferring N. and W.
towards the island. The cod of Sable Isle are reported to be fine, company minn kota components,
perhaps as a result of abundance of the "reddish colored clams" (bank clams) on these grounds.
The haddock and cod fishery is carried on by American and Canadian cruising vessels and otter
trawlers, an increasing number of English and French vessels of the latter class engaging in the
fishery of this soil each year.
Halibut are located on the Western Bank virtually all the year at depths varying using the seasons.
Being a halibut bank, this, with The Gully and Quereau--the truth is, all a single piece of terrain-
-ranks 2nd only to the Grand Lender Itself. The most effective fishing here for halibut is found from
January to October. There are numerous places on and about the financial institution that the halibut
seems to favor, as the Maximum of Pike, 85 kilometers W. by S. from the Northwest Lighting of
Sable Island; S. and SW. of Sable Island from 12 to 38 mls; SW. 20 miles in 60 fathoms in May
possibly; thence out into 100 and 150 fathoms in June; in fact, after the 100--fathom curve down the
edge of this bank, beyond the Northeast Peak (40 a long way SE. through the Northeast Gentle), into
the Gully and around the Southern Prong of Quereau towards the Middle Prong. Apparently they
leave this piece of bottom in July. Often the fish are close to the tropical island in the spring, the
location where the water is very shoal they can be seen using the bait or playing with the hook
before taking. InCould and Apr, and June a good halibut ground is within 18 fathoms 24 miles WNW.
from Sable Tropical island.
The European Bank appear to be a good providing ground for cod and halibut as it abounds in
shellfish and crustaceans, as well as certain intervals there are many more compact species of
species of fish with it, such as the lant and herring, where these types and the haddock, also,
especially prey. Plenty of swordfish is taken in September and August, mainly by American vessels.
Banquereau. Separated from the European Bank by The Gully, this has a very irregular form--the
principle bank around rectangular, with a narrow westerly extension of comparatively typical form.
Its length, E. and W., is about 120 miles, its greatest size about 47 miles, and its total area about
2,800 miles.
The primary portion of the bank lies in between 44? 45 and 04'? 01' north latitude and 67? 10' and
59? 00' western side longitude, and also the western prolongation lies in between 44? 24' and 44?
42' north latitude and 69? 80 and 00'? 05' western side longitude. Northern of Banquereau lies
Artimon, distant 3 miles, and Misaine, faraway from 2 to 15 miles according to the places that
measurements are taken. If any current, the currents here are of different force, much influenced by
the wind, so that several days of strong tides may be then intervals when there is little.
Around the eastern part of Quereau is definitely an area of shoal ground referred to as the Rocky
Underside, having a degree of about 18 fathoms; someplace else depths operate from 18 to 50
fathoms. For the most part the bottom is rocky, but there are spread patches of sand and gravel.
Cod and halibut are the main food fishes taken, hake and haddock and cusk being taken in small
numbers. The Rocky Bottom, a shoal soil of 20 to 25 fathom depths on the eastern part, was much
resorted to by dory handliners in summer. Occasional great fares are taken to the western side, even
though the cod are most plentiful on the eastern area of the bank. The very best cod sport fishing on
this bank originates from May until September, if the schools accumulate to feed with the lant,
squid, crustaceans, and shellfish, then quite abundant.
Halibut are found right here all the season off the edges in 100 to 400 fathoms. Evidently these are
breeding and feeding grounds for this varieties, and it is not unusual for the school to keep for
months and even months in one locality, though a few of these may be minn kota parts in migration
northward.
The primary halibut reasons are down the southern and eastern borders in the bank--the Southwest
Prong and the Southwest Cove (in approximately 44? N. lat. and between 58? 30' and 58? 55' W.
long), the center Prong (44? 14' N. lat. and 58? W. long.), as well as the Eastern Slope (44? 28' to
45? 00' N. lat.)--in depths of 150 to 400 fathoms. These serious-normal water areas are rocky and
support an incredibly rich development ofgorgonians and corals, sea anemones, etc. The Eastern
Slope has loads of bank clams in depths of 25 fathoms. These beds are good hand-line grounds for
cod. The halibut, too, rss feeds to a considerable extent on these reddish colored clams.
The Stone Fence off the eastern slope of Quereau is certainly a rocky bit of ground filled with "trees"
(corals) in 250 fathoms. This is an excellent halibut floor although it is nearly impossible to haul the
gear by hand and the usage of the "gurdy" (a roller turned from a fastened and crank to the dory's
bow for winding within the trawl) gets to be necessary. Occasional fares of halibut are taken on and
about the Rocky Base in 20 to 25 fathoms from July 1 to August 1.
The Gully. This is actually the deep waterway between Banquereau and Sable Island or Western
Lender. It extends in an WNW. and an ESE. direction north of Sable Island, turning somewhat
suddenly S. at its eastern end and continuing downward between the eastern end of Western
Financial institution and the Southwest Prong of Banquereau. The complete length is all about 80
kilometers, the greatest thickness about 20 miles. Depths range from 68 to 145 fathoms across a
bottom of rocks, gravel and yellow sand and mud. The difficult and gravelly portions type several
ridges separated by areas of better materials, except in the eastern section, in which the intervals
involving are mostly protected by pebbles and sharp stones. Ocean currents are generally westerly,
of different strength, a lot affected by the easterly winds.
The Gully is a very crucial halibut terrain. The halibut are not present in great phone numbers all
over the floor, perhaps the best of the angling simply being on the difficult and gravelly slopes and
ridges included in between the meridians of 69? and 80? western side longitude. This rocky bottom
part is loaded with food, and the lant and herring are generally plentiful in their period. In the spring
the halibut seem to be especially several in the northern and northwestern aspects of the bank, in
the future, in June and July, moving further out. Some, are found in winter. As the cod may also be
found in The Gully in 60 to 90 fathoms, it can not are of typical occurrence; and apparently there are
almost no haddock here, almost certainly because of the range of the normal water and the nature of
the bottom.
Artimon Bank. Comes with an area of some 120 sq . miles by using a bottom of rocks and
graveldepths and rocks of 38 to 50 fathoms. It is actually but hidden because of the propensity of the
fishermen to use the greater grounds close at hand. Cod are known to be present in this article,
however. The lender lies N. of the eastern part of Quereau, separated from using it by a narrow,
deep-water route.
Misaine Lender. Lies N. of the american two-thirds of Quereau, at one position very close to, but in
common the banks are separated by some 20 miles of deep drinking water. Its greatest length is 80
kilometers and its greatest width 40 miles. Depths are from 40 to 60 fathoms spanning a bottom
damaged and difficult. A few halibut trips are landed as a result in most yrs, even though it is not of
much significance as a sportfishing ground.
Canso Bank. A long, filter extension of Misaine Bank, lying inside an E, and W. path; its size is 45
miles along with its greatest thickness 13 miles, its region being about 425 sq miles. Depths range
from 30 to 65 fathoms over a bottom of sand, with spots of gravel and pebbles. It is not necessarily
of much relevance as a sportfishing floor, especially as judged through it with the American fleet,
though much more fished by vessels from Nova Scotia; perhaps it really is overshadowed by the
presence of its larger neighborhood friends, Quereau and Western Banks, with which grounds it
kinds virtually a single piece of underside, only thin, deep-water routes separating them. These
larger grounds are greatly fished the two by American citizen vessels and through those from Nova
Scotia ports as well as by French and British otter trawlers.
The data given on this page and in other places in this report are taken from the published bulletins
of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, and include only the landings of vessels of 5 loads net, or
over, at the ports of Boston and Glouscester, Mass., and Portland, Me.
[Desk 5--Sportfishing grounds of your offshore To the north Atlantic, demonstrating the principal
types taken after them]
[Footnote 16: "Pedro Reinel, a Portuguese pilot of great importance and fame" (Herrera) produced a
map in 1505 showing Sable Island, dreadful and feared by all fishermen even in those days, exactly
where he called it "Santa Cruz." Jacamo Gastaldi, an Italian cartographer, in 1548 shows it "Isolla de
Arena." Sir Humphrey Gilbert or his historian, states that the Portuguese had made an interesting
resolution here for shipwrecked mariners. This, "After intelligence we had of a Portugal who was
himself provide when the Portugals, above 40 years earlier (thus well before 1551) managed put
upon the island neat and swine to dog breed, which were because exceedingly increased."]
TABLES OF CATCH
[Table 6--Distance from Boston or Gloucester, Size., to the center of certain from the more important
offshore banks]
[Kitchen table 7--Distance from Portland, Me., to the center of a number of of the more significant
offshore banking institutions]
[Table 8--Landings by minn kota elements vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland,
Me., from internal or shore grounds, 1927]
[Table 9--Landings by minn kota components vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland,
Me., from the external grounds in the Gulf of Maine, 1927]
[Table 10--Landings by minn kota components vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and
Portland, Me., from the fishing grounds of the Georges Bank place, 1927]
[Table 11--Landings by the otter-trawl fleet at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., from
the minn kota parts reasons of the Georges Bank location, 1927]