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PHOTO ESSAY.
Billingsgate
Shoals and Great Island Revealed!
Spectacular aerial photos
by Pete Gray/Area 61. The Billingsgate Island shoals are several miles across
and are only accessible by boat. Cape Cod Bay is at the top and Wellfleet Harbor
on the right. This is a popular area for the Rock Harbor charter fleet and on
a weekend you may see 30 boats of all sizes trolling or jigging within a mile
of here. Look for my little 18' Maritime Skiff "Oyster Cove" on these waters
and give me a shout on channel 68.
Billingsgate is submerged
at high tide and the shoals may be only a few feet deep at low so be careful
out there.
Note the fishing boat in
the lower left above. The "ripples" are bars and eel grass beds ...good fish
holding structure. The island is loaded with shellfish.
The spit on the right above is Jeremy
Point at the southern tip of Great Island. The channel between Jeremy and Billingsgate
is known as "The Slough" and marked by Buoy #8.
Be careful going through
here as there are large rocks on one side that are submerged at dead high tide!
The last shot (above) is from the Northwest
looking at Great Island with "The Gut" on the left and Billingsgate just barely
visible on the far right. Wellfleet Harbor is at the top with Eastham in the
distance. The fishing is good all along here and the fleet may often be found
in deeper water (20-40 feet) to the right of the shallower water shown above.
Tube & Worm is popular in the shallower waters. A little further to the
left of the area shown below is the popular trolling area known as "The Path".
Below are some additional shots of Great Island
and Herring River.
And Duck Harbor. Note the eel grass
beds between the sandbars.
We are truly blessed to be alive on
this planet.
Dick 'Oysterman' Nicholson. Copyright 2004 |
