Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

Middle Shoal, Pollock Rip, Allens Shoal, and Deckers 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.