Zeek’s Creek Bait & Tackle

Charming New England seafood deli. Fresh, not fancy, and fair prices. The place to go for local fresh raw seafood.

Finally! Fresh, simple fish sold like I like it: in a simple, no-​frills shack. This place is legit — everything is local, freshly-​caught and cleaned and sold by the pound. I like it.
The woman working the shack was super sweet and friendly. What was clearly established as a bait & tackle is, without a doubt, the best little fish market I’ve found in RI. The day I was there, they had fresh tuna, trout, fluke, swordfish and halibut along with littlenecks and oysters. Everything was beautifully cut and cleaned and I was totally impressed.
Definitely give these guys a try. It’s worth the short treck out of Jamestown to get their beautiful, well-​priced seafood.

Straight off the boat, on to your grill goodness. Hard to drive by without seeing what’s been biting. Tuna, smoked salmon and lobsters are staples, along with good shellfish selection depending on the catch. Love it here.

I live in Jamestown and I spearfish. When I come up empty, I head to Zeke’s for a great variety of fresh, delicious, local seafood.
They also have great smoked fish.

A lot more
than
fish food
Zeek’s is a small shack located virtually in the middle of the island of Jamestown. I’m not sure how long it’s been around but I’ve been coming here for years and the shack looks like it’s been around a lot longer than that.
It’s very easy to drive right by because the poor little place looks like it would collapse if you kicked it and the old sign says bait & tackle. Unless you happen to be fishing most people don’t really want bait & tackle. But don’t be misled, there is a lot more in here than fish food.
Zeek’s is really a fresh seafood shack that also happens to sell bait & tackle. Some of best and freshest local seafood you can get is inside that decrepit shack. Tuna, cod, swordfish, scallop, shrimp, oysters, lobsters and other tasty sea creatures are waiting for you.
This isn’t a restaurant so don’t expect a quick meal here. This is a place to buy really good raw seafood that you get to prepare and cook yourself. If you don’t like to cook I suppose you could make sushi.
Not a place that impresses from the outside although the views are pretty nice in all directions. Everybody on the island knows about Zeeks and the little shack actually gets pretty crowded during the weekends.
However the service and atmosphere are always fun because everyone here knows they are waiting to get some really good seafood. The conversation inside is always centered on fish and fishing.
Just a shack but a shack with some really tasty stuff. And yes indeed there is bait and tackle inside if anybody needs it. But unless you happen to really want to spoil the fish you are trying to catch with tuna, sword and scallops, this is a shack that feeds people better than fish.