Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
Clay Bank. -This bank lies SW. by W. from Mount Desert Rock, the center distant 7 miles. It is 4 miles long, WSW. and ENE., by 2 miles wide. Depths are from 50 to 80 fathoms over a bottom of hard clay.
Cod are the principal catch in spring, hake in summer. There is virtually no winter fishing.