Shrimping In Bulls Bay
Dillon has a surprisingly large amount of shrimpers compared to other inland SC counties.
Dillon has a surprisingly large amount of shrimpers compared to other inland SC counties.
With the official holiday of Thanksgiving being just a few days away, I thought it very appropriate to dedicate my column today to an attempt to venerate this uniquely and very American holiday.
Call it coincidence, happenstance, prophetic, or whatever term you prefer to ascribe to what I am about to share with you.
If you have been reading my column for some time, perhaps you have already discovered that I enjoy addressing issues that deal with the practical aspects of life – things that are common to most people.
There are many reasons why we look forward to the fall. Cooler weather, changing leaves, football, and bull red drum. October and April are the best times to fish for these giants, whose size averages at over 20 pounds.
On this past Thursday, I received a phone call from a young man who gave some sad news.
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” —- Franklin D. Roosevelt
The preceding statement was made by Franklin D. Roosevelt when he was running against Herbert Hoover, the incumbent Republican president, in 1932.
The South Carolina Shrimp Baiting Season came in on Friday, September 8, at noon. Hunter Jordan, Richard Calhoun, and myself planned a trip to Georgetown on Friday night to try our luck.
I recently received a call from a young man, who was born and raised in our locale, who now lives in Virginia with his wife and children.
n light of the recent natural catastrophes that occurred in Texas, Florida, Mexico, and the Caribbean, it set me to thinking about how finite and frail human beings are in spite of our technology, ingenuity, and many discoveries and breakthroughs in science that have been made over the last two hundred years.