Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

Mount Desert Outer Ridge. - This ridge lies SE. by E. from the Big Hill of Mount Desert Island. From Schoodic Island to the center of this ground Is about 25 miles. Its length E. by N. and W. by S, is 2 miles; its breadth 3/4 mile. Depths are from 45 to 60 fathoms; the shoals are rocky, but on the sides sand and clay predominate.

This is a comparatively small ground, but it furnishes good cod fishing in the spring (April to July) and fall. Cusk are taken in the spring and fall. Virtually no haddock are taken here. Hake are found in the deep water on the W. and SW. in spring, summer, and fall; trawl lines principally are used here.

It is a good lobster ground but is too distant for present fishing methods.