Jekyll Island Sports & Outdoors Tips by grandmaR Top 5 Page for this destination

Fishing Pier

In addition to the old draw bridge/fishing pier, there is a fishing pier on the north end of the island. I took this picture from a distance because I wondered what it was. There's a better picture if you click on the URL There's also a boat ramp on Jekyll.

Flounder, blue crabs, and trout that can be caught from Jekyll's fishing pier. The island's south end is where you'll find the surf fishing best.

Equipment: A Georgia fishing license is required for freshwater fishing, an option at one of two freshwater lakes on Jekyll.

Theme: Fishing Trips

MM 684.0 Jekyll Wharf Marina

I have never stayed here although it is listed in the ICW Southern Guide. It always looked too ramshackle to be attractive. The picture on their website looks a bit like the one I took when we went by last time (2nd picture).

Equipment: Their website says:
Newly renovated Marina
Deep water access 10' at low tide
495 ft. for overnight dockage
New gas & diesel fuel system
All new 30 / 50 amp hook-ups
New docks moved out 80 ft.

When we visited by land in 2007, the marina looked much more attractive. However the only boats that appeared to be docked there were tour boats.

Address: #1 Pier Road

Directions: Located north of the bridge in front of the Historic District and the Jekyll Island Club Hotel.

Phone: 912-635-3152

Theme: Boating/Sailing

MM 684.3 Jekyll Harbor Marina

Jekyll Harbor Marina is $1.25/ft plus $4 for 30 amp. They let you have a courtesy car to go to market but the grocery story is pretty puny - almost no fresh veggies. They have an outside pay phone with a data port, but no 110 outlet, so since my laptop battery won't hold a charge I either have to use the dockmaster's phone (when his office is open) or run an extension cord, which gives the restaurant manager a heart attack because he's afraid that one of the old people will trip and sue him. The no-see-ums followed us from Fernandina when we came north in 2002. I haven't had a chance to use the pool.

Equipment: Bob complains that none of the deck hands know how to put a line on a cleat. They just keep wrapping it around, as if that would do it. The docks are all floating face docks, and they often put us on the fuel dock which is almost right under the bridge. Depending on the wind and current, it can be hard to get to.

We come here primarily for the restaurant, which we really like.

Address: 1 Harbor Rd

Directions: ICW MM 684.3 on the east bank of the ICW just south of the Jekyll Island bridge

Phone: 912-635-3137

Theme: Boating/Sailing

Website: http://www.jekyllharbor.com/

Old Bridge

One of the things that seems to be pretty common along the ICW, and it is true of Jekyll Island also is that when the old draw bridges are removed, the shore ends of the bridges are left in place. This is not only cheaper (because they don't have to pay people to knock them down and haul the debris away), but gives fisherman a ready made 'fishing pier'

Of course there are also party boats that you can fish from.

Theme: Fishing Trips