Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
Deckers Shoal, Middle Shoal, Pollock Rip and Allens Shoal These are small rocky patches lying to eastward of Monhegan Island and northerly from the Outer Shoal. They have depths from 6 to 30 fathoms over a sharp, rocky, and broken bottom. Middle Shoal is 2 miles from the island, Pollock Rip 1 ½ miles: Allens Shoal 11/4 miles. having 5½ fathoms and breaking in rough weather; and Deckers Shoal 1 mile.
Depths vary here from 6 to 30 fathoms over a bottom generally sharp and rocky.
The principal fishing here is hand-lining for cod in the spring during the herring season and in the fall in "squid time". A few pollock are taken here also.