From North Carolina to Florida the principal coastal fishery along the Atlantic coast is the shrimp.  Georgia’s small coastline is no exception and visitors to the “Golden Isles” of St. Simons Island and Jekyll Island along the Georgia coast  will always see shrimp boats trawling up and down the beaches sometimes seeming to be near enough to hail or swim to.

From 1886 to 1942  Jekyll Island was the private winter playground of some of the richest and most powerful men in the United States with the still standing  Jekyll Island Club the focal point of their attention.  Among these were Vanderbilt, Morgan, Pulitzer, and others too numerous to mention.  The coastal vulnerability of this coast line when WWII occurred bought a stop to these visits and at the end of the war, in 1947, the State of Georgia purchased the Island.  Today it is a State Park owned and operated by the State of Georgia.  Residents are permitted to own houses, however, the Jekyll Island  land on which they stand must be leased from the State.  Deer, wild turkey, and other wildlife are common and can be seen in abundance at sunrise and sunset.   It has become a golfing and recreational center for the many vacationers who come here year round.  

But for all those who come, one scene remains constant for all;  the daily sight of shrimp boats like Captain Eugene and Johnnie R. pursuing their trade along this historic nine mile coastline.