paylake operator is, with Gator running the lake and Sharon running the grill, they get a helping hand from daughter Jaden who says, “I’m the lake boss!” Pineyside is one of the oldest paylakes in South Carolina, dating back to the 1950s when it was first built by Bill Jolly. Construction on the lake started in 1950 and finished in 1952. Although it started life as an irrigation pond for South
Carolina’s peach orchards, by 1960 the lake had transformed into a carp paylake where anglers could pay from 25 cents up to $2 to fish all day. After Bill and his wife passed in the mid 1990s the lake was handed down to the Jolly’s daughter, Myra, and her husband Marshall Hawkins, who continued to operate the lake until August 2006 when Keith Cisney acquired it.