Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/31/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Although my friend John Hitt and I were to fish three days during the Christmas week, cold weather kept up at home for one of them. Our mission on both days was to scout for big trout, as the t more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/24/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Only one trip to report on before the Christmas Holiday, and there couldn’t have been a better one to end the year on. My customer was Lenny Hall, of Boscawen, New Hampshire, and his good frien more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/17/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a slow week, with only two trips to report on. It was also a cold week, with overnight lows in the mid to upper forties every night. Fishing was tough. The first trip was on Monday wi more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/10/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I managed to get in three trips this week. We had a cold front early in the week that hung around and mixed with yet another cold front late in the week, causing unsettled weather for most of t more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - RERPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/3/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week began with the biggest cold front of the year on our doorstep. The wind came around from the south on Sunday, and I heard reports of a good bite from the guys who were out there. But more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 11/26/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I only had one trip on the books for the week because of the Thanksgiving Holidays. I was to fish with my old friend Mike May on Tuesday, but a cold front passed on Monday wrecking the weather more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 11/19/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a busy week, mostly with old friends. But, we managed to work a couple of new folks in, too. The Talon was ready for business, as my long-time mechanic and friend Danny Fowler, of Fowle more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 11/12/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a full week this week with a mixture of new customers and old friends. It was a fun week. The week began with a trip way up the river to pick up Dr. John Hitt's boat and bring her home more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 11/5/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey This week was booked out long ago, but in the wake of Wilma Monday and Tuesday were canceled for better days. After reading that Tuesday had been canceled, my old friends Rod and Judy Heflin em more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 10/29/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey After having everything canceled this week because of Wilma, I did manage to get in one spur of the moment trip, to my surprise. Although I have already sent out a Hurricane Report, it's only f more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound