Excerpt from Deep Sea Fishing Grounds, Fire Island to Barnegat: Wrecks, Fishing Banks, Reefs
It was the introduction of large, comfortable, swift and safe sea-going power-vessels that first made the off-shore grounds available to the large army of New York City's fishermen. Before that they were limited to a few steamboats which could carry only a tiny percentage of people as compared with the surprising numbers who now go out regularly.
The only other party-boats were sloops and schooners and these could not often reach distance grounds. Even in attempting to go to places comparatively near store, they often had uncomfortable adventures; and on the whole a trip in their days furnished more cruising (or drifting) than fishing.
Until the power-boats came in, the off-shore grounds were known to comparatively few men. But the power-boats developed a little navy excellent fishing-pilots. The result is that to-day the old grounds are better known than they ever have been, and many excellent new one have been discovered.
This book is the first and only publication to describe the fishing spots and fishing wrecks off shore. It represents more than a year of patient and careful work. The fishing captains of New York have given valuable and enthusiastic assistance, and all the facts presented in the book have been elaborately checked back.
In addition, deep-sea experts, hydrographic authorities and ocean pilots have been consulted; and exceedingly valuable, and hitherto little known, facts have been thus gained and are here published for the first time.
We call attention to the description and histories of the famous wrecks. The story of many of these was practically unknown to the present generation, and it seemed impossible for a long time to get any facts about them, as there were practically no records. It was only after many months of laborious investigation that the editors succeeded in gathering the data here presented. In order to get some of the details it was necessary to go through old files and shipping document for year back.
The distances given here are nautical miles. (A nautical mile is about 1 1/7 land miles.) The compass bearings are magnetic. The depths given are mean low water.
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