MACKEREL IN MAINE WATERS. 9/18 Three Former Leading Skippers Landed 20 Barrels at Boothbay Harbor. Fish Reported Schooling the Past Few Days in North Bay. Three men- or, rather, three skip. Bay correspondent, dated at Souris, pers-in a boat is the latest develop- P. E. I., Wednesday says that little has transpired in the mackerel line ment of the Monhegan mackerel news. since last report. The weather has The trio, who have taken a little been bad, nothing but a succession steamer down that way, going out of small storms and very few fish from Boothbay Harbor, comprises three showing. The report that sch. Diana had taken 100 barrels is not correct mackerel killers of the first water, as the craft has but 28 barrels. Sch. Capt. Eben T. Lewis, Benjamin A. Mertis H. Perry has 50 barrels. Spurling and John S. Seavey. Mackerel have been reported to be schooling the past two days and sch. The became satisfied that there was Diana took five barrels the last day she something to the reports that large was out. There have arrived at Souris mackerel were schooling off Monhe- since last report, schs. Emily Cooney, gan and accordingly took this little Clintonia, Marguerite Haskins, Annie steamer and went out. It is not known Greenlaw, Victor, Arthur James, Pinta, just which one was the masthead man, Patrician and Judique. Of these craft or who hove seine, passed bights or all have gone to Sydney except schs. hove corks, but they found fish all Diana, Mertis H. Perry, Patrician and right and brought 20 barrels fresh into John M. Keen. Boothbay Harbor Thursday afternoon It is reported that sch. Indiana got and went right out again after landing two hauls of 10 barrels each up off their catch. Sydney. A boat belonging to Capt. Davis made It is possible that the vessels which an 80 barrel haul of large mackerel went up off Sydney will be back later. off Monhegan and landed them at Capt. McLean of the Diana is looking Port Clyde on Thursday, says a Port- for good fishing the last of the month. land exchange. Sch. Mary E. Harty was at Lunen- Reliable Boothbay advices state that burg. N. S., on Wednesday, there is no doubt about there being a Schs. Angie B. Watson and Charles body of large mackerel in the vieinity A. Dyer were at Tortland Thursday. of Monhegan and more catches are Sch. Oliver F. Kilham was at Liver- looked for. Boothbay also confirms the pool, N. S., Wednesday. report of Capt. Davis' boat landing 80 The following table gives the catch barrels fresh at Port Clyde Thursday of salt and fresh mackerel by the New and states that this is the second England fleet, to date, for this and the catch for this craft. past five years: It is safe to say that there is a Salt Fresh body of these large mackerel in Maine Bbls. Bbls. waters at present. Capt. Charles H. 1909 15,693 45,948 Harty is going out from here today 1908 18,889 46,671 in sch. Constellation. He intended 1907 30,073 51,404 going in sch. Oriole but shifted over to 1906 9,009 33,271 sch. Constellation. That the fishermen 1905 28,724 56,594 themselves think well of the look down 1904 27,693 47,748 that way is shown by the fact that The following table gives the im- Capt. Harty shipped the finest kind of ports of salt and fresh mackerel at a seining gang and fitted out and got Boston, to date, for this and the past ready in a day and the men are all as five years: anxious as he to get away. Salt Fresh The big gasoline auxiliary sch. Ben- Bbls. Bbls. amin A. Smith, Capt. Solomon Jacobs, 1909 8,791 6,835 which has been out on the Rips, chas- 1908 22.206 9.064 ng the big schools of small mackerel, 1907 9,082 5,224 went to the eastward yesterday, pass- 1906 16,749 16,428 ng close to Thachers island. 1905 11,031 6,992 A letter to the Times from its North 1904 6,629 4,652