Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

White Island GroundThis Is ESE from White Island, from which its inner edge is distant ¼ mile and the outer edge about 4 miles. Of triangular outline, it is widest at the outer end. It is very broken and uneven and has depths from 6 to 30 fathoms. In some places the bottom is gravelly, but on the shoal it is sharp, broken rocks. The small, rocky spots are known by other names, such as Browns Head Ground (a herring ground in June), where the fishermen catch a few rock cod.

The sandy bottom furnishes good fares of haddock In May and June. "Bobber rawling" is the usual method used here in June. This ground is fished mainly by small boats and sloops using hand lines and trawls.