A Fisherman’s Tale

The locals know what visitors soon discover: Jamestown has its own Fishing Hall of Fame, complete with rock star angler Greg Zeke. For 27 years, Greg Zeke, a commercial fisherman and owner of Zeke’s Creek Seafood Market and Bait and Tackle Shop, has been wrapping fresh fish for Jamestown dinner tables while doling out advice to the Jamestown anglers who take a DIY approach to supper. Step inside the unassuming gray-shingled shack on North Road and view 17 years of Jamestown history chronicled on Zeke’s wall of fame.

Ask Greg for his favorite fish tale, and he’ll take you back to a “dark beach on a dark night” on Block Island when his college buddy, Steve, caught a 60-pound striper. “I was standing right next to him. He was standing right here one minute and the next time I looked over, I thought, where did Steve go? I’d say maybe 20 minutes later - it seemed like forever - I kept looking over to see where the heck Steve was and the next thing I know he comes from behind me and he’s white as a ghost and he grabs me by the arm. He says, ‘Come here. You gotta come here.’ When I looked back at the cliff, where the cliff comes down to meet the beach, the fish was laying there. It was 60 pounds and I was like, ‘Oh my God!’ We went running over to it and spent the next half hour looking at it.” 194 North Road, Jamestown. 423-1170.