Kay Wade
Friday
On a lazy afternoon at the Devils Fork boat ramp on Lake Jocassee, there’s not a lot of action. No geese, no loons in sight, no fishermen around but for a couple trying their luck from shore. The park is on fire today: a controlled burn to eliminate the massive amount of woody fuel left by Hurricane Helene. A thick smoke plume drifts east across the lake, away from our location, away from the campground. Neighbors stop by to see what’s on fire. One young man stops to gawk at the big bass hanging out under the boat dock. “That fish weighs a hundred pounds!” He’s serious. But no, no hundred pound bass live in Lake Jocassee. So don’t get your hopes up. ~K