Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

Big Ridge north of Georges Bank Another big ridge, paralleling the 100-fathom curve of Georges Bank at about 20 miles N. of it, lies SE by S from the buoy on Cashes Ledge, forty miles to its center; SE by S 110 miles from Portland Lightship; ESE 92 miles from Cape Ann to its western end, and E. by S. 1/2 S. from the ship at Boston 100 miles.

This ridge also is of somewhat indefinite area, being perhaps 20 miles long in an ESE by WNW direction by 1 1/2 to three miles wide.

Apparently depths are fairly uniform from 85 to 95 fathoms, the bottom of the ridge being of coarse black sand and having blue mud inthe deeper area around it.

This is said to be a good cod and cusk ground the year round.