Monthly Fishing Report — Spring Into Action
Time to break out your rods and reels and get ready for a great fishing season Chilly days are quickly fading away with temperatures rising well into the 60s and sometimes pushing into the 70s. Warmer water temperatures will wake the fish up and get them feeding....
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October Fishing Report
By Captain Geoff Bennett | Charleston Charter Fishing Fall has arrived with cooler weather and shorter days. But don’t put your boat away just yet because we’re about to experience the best fishing of the year! Fishermen can continue to find success with live bait but...
Outstanding In His Field — October 2017
Irma’s Aftermath Well Folks, we had quite an adventure last month didn’t we? These large storms do so much more damage then wind and water. What about all the anxiety leading up to it, including during it? I’ve always taken a dismissive approach to these storms...
Gracie: The Storm Everyone Talked About Until Hugo
Just as Hurricane Hugo paved (or unpaved) the way for mansions by the sea on Folly Beach, Hurricane Gracie in September 1959 also updated the status quo, ending the days of quaint one-and-two room beach shacks along the front beach. The category 4 storm struck near...
Folly Faces: Julia Leonard
Folly Fashionista — A conversation with Kai Boutique If you’re like many people who live on Folly Beach, you may reach a point where even the smallest trip off island seems like a major undertaking (especially during the traffic of the summer months). I know many...
The Saltmarsh Diaries — September 2017
On The Hill: The Spartina gets hulled out of the water for some much-needed off-season maintenance Some boat repairs require that it’s out of the water. Boats too large for a trailer get hauled from the water at a boatyard. Boatyards are different from shipyards. As...
Folly Fishing Report
With a perfect set of conditions in place, anglers can be confident that inshore fishing will really pick up in September. The combination of lots of bait, cooler water temperatures and less traffic on the water should make for great fishing. While most people will...
Outstanding In His Field — September 2017
I’ve Got Water In Low Places Hello friends, we have had quite a wet summer so far. I don’t know about you but my yard becomes a small pond anytime it rains lately. Although it usually drains off fairly quickly it just hasn’t had a chance to fully dry up. Thus comes...
Good-Bye Folly
Longtime resident bids a heartfelt farewell to Folly Beach after more than 35 years By Mike Ferguson I came out to Folly Beach in the winter of 1981. I found an ad for a place and the rent was reasonable. I didn’t know anything about Folly. I rode out here one day...
Folly Flashback — August 2017
Happy 90th Birthday to Wilma Brown Wilma Brown (Maherg) grew up near the Navy base in North Charleston, but summers and weekends were spent on Folly Beach. In this portrait from May 1946, Wilma (right) and Jeannie Vargo sit on the beach near the pier with Jeannie’s...
Truly One of Folly’s Finest
Meet Ursula Brisson, maker of clean homes, JEllo Shot cakes and Popsicles for dogs When I think of the quintessential “Folly Girl”, Ursula Brisson is one of the first people who come to mind. So I find it funny that when she first moved here, she was sitting at Planet...