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Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

Drunken Ledge (Drunkers) Eight miles from Cape Elizabeth; 3 miles N. of Tanta 4 miles S. by E. from the whistling buoy off Cape Elizabeth. Depths are 18 to 40 fathoms on a bottom of sharp rocks. It is about 5 miles long N. and S. by 2 miles wide, extending SSW. and NNE.

Cod and cusk are taken the year around; hake in the summer on the mud at edges; haddock from March to June. Fishing is by trawl, hand line, and gill net.

Marks: Western Light of Cape Elizabeth on eastern part of woods on Cape until the lightship bears NE.

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