Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

Outer Shoal. This ground is ESE from Monhegan Light about 2 ½ miles. It is circular in form and about 1 ½ miles across. Depths are from 10 to 38 fathoms. There is a small rocky shoal. in the center of the ground; the remainder of this piece has a gravelly bottom.

This is a cod ground from spring to fall and a good pollock ground in September. A few haddock are taken here about the edges in December. Hake are abundant on the edges on the mud in 45 to 50 fathoms during the spring, summer and fall.