What you see is called purse seining – now illegal so I hear. These boats used to come along shore and drop these semicircular nets out and bring in a huge haul of mostly bait fish. These fish look like lady fish to me. Probably got served up in fried fish dishes at local PCB restaurants.
Back then, the easiest way to get a boat to the beach was via what we called “The Red Clay Road” which was a relatively flat “jeep trail” at the location of One Seagrove Place. Most likely my great aunt Sue White took this picture around 1965.
The older man is my great uncle John White and the boy partially hidden by John is my brother, Keith Comer. Also pictured are friends of my cousin Maunsel White.
