hand-lining

This ground is fished by vessels from Cape Cod, Mass., to Cutler, Me., mainly by trawling, some hand-lining, but no gill netting of importance as yet.

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

It is fished by small boats for rock cod by hand-lining.

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

Virtually all taking of ground fish on these grounds is done by hand-lining, though the practice of trawl fishing has come more and more into use in recent years.

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

Between these points fishing is done mostly by hand-lining "at a drift."

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

Fishing here is principally by trawling, but hand-lining and gill netting also are employed, the latter method in continually increasing volume.

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

On the ledge a considerable amount of hand-lining fur cod and pollock is carried on in late May and through

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

Off Beaver Harbor on a mud bottom with 30 fathoms of water cod are found the year around, although this fishery is mainly carried on in the winter in small craft from Beaver Harbor and Campobello, mostly by trawling, but some hand-lining is carried on.

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

Once, in particular, he was here in a schooner, hand-lining.

Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Albert Walter Tolman

The principal fishing here is hand-lining for cod in the spring during the herring season and in the fall in "squid time".

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

Fishing is done by trawls and hand-lining, and of late years a large and increasing gill-netting fleet has operated in these waters, especially from March to June.

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich