Monthly Fishing Report — Redfish Become More Active in April
Water temperatures rebound this month as the flounder and trout bites ramp up, too At the beginning of March, Charleston began to shed winter’s hold. The bite improved noticeably, then two weeks of storms and wind slowed things down again. Redfish are available, and...
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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...
Salt Marsh Diaries — August 2017
Tangier Islanders mostly crab for a living. Small wooden crab shacks, built on stilts above the shallow bay, huddle about the east-west channel on the north end of Tangier. One or several workboats float (or flounder) alongside each crab shack. Below a church steeple...
August Fishing Report
By Captain Geoff Bennett | Charleston Charter Fishing Charleston is a great place to be fishing! No matter what type of fish you want to catch, they are all active and biting. Fishing for redfish and trout remains strong even with increasingly warmer water...
One of Folly’s Greatest Finds
Discovering the 55th, 30 Years Later In June 1987, relic hunters Robert Bohrn and Eric Croen uncovered the find of a lifetime. Following the tracks of a bulldozer clearing the way for houses on present day West Indian Avenue, their metal detectors alerted them to the...
Behind The Camera
A Chat With Local photographer Blair Stevenson Her name is Toma Carolyn Blair Yokley Stevenson, but most of us just call her Blair. In the five years she has been living on the island, she has, along with her boisterous other half Roger Rutledge, become an integral...
Folly Fishing Report — June 2017
By Captain Geoff Bennett | Charleston Charter Fishing It’s a fantastic time to be fishing here in Charleston! The usual suspects, redfish and trout, are now complimented by a host of seasonal species including spanish mackerel, ladyfish, and sharks. Combined with...
Salt Marsh Diaries — June 2017
From The Mountains To The Sea Every grain of sand has a story to tell The early morning sun angled across a wide low-tide beach. Symmetrical wave-derived ripples cast striped shadows across the sand. Five brown pelicans surfed the wave troughs, practically skimming...