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Block is also a sweetwater paradise!
One of my favorite freshwater stories happened when Zeke Silva and I were fishing on Block Island during late May/earlyJune back in the mid 80s. A few of the New York surf gang came driving by us in their buggies one morning as Zeke and I were coming out of a fresh water pond (Fresh Pond) in our waders. They stopped to chat with us - we told them we were catching largemouth bass and pike during the day and stripers after dark. One of the guys looks at us and says "No fish is safe out here with you guys around".
Fresh Pond had a good pike population back then - the state introduced them to control the yellow perch. Zeke's largest pike went over 10 lbs. We didn't get much sleep over there in May/June. We’d surf fish all night then catch dawn on the ponds and bass fish until 10 am or so - then sleep in the buggy till 3 or 4pm – eat dinner and catch the evening bite on the ponds – once it was dark we were back wading the boulders in the salt - talk about zombies!
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