Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 8/10/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey With six trips on the books it was a busy week in the heat. The fishing was great, but the catching was slow for much of the week. Three of my parties this week were folks from Texas wher more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 8/3/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey Actually, I was on vacation this week, but I did manage to get out on a couple of fun trips with friends. If you’re interested, read on. Sunday, my good friend Lew Joseph and I decided to more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/27/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey Things have come to a screeching halt as the end of July approaches, and there is only one outing to report on this week. It was a hot Wednesday for my first trip with Tony Laporta and more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/20/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week began with four trips planned, but one was lost at the last minute. It was a brutally hot week! The first trip wasn’t a fishing trip at all. Rather, a shelling trip with Mike R more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/13/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey I have four trips to report on this week. It was a pretty good week considering the weather. Here’s how it went. Sunday was my first outing with Kathy Gomez of Miami, and her more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/6/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey I began the holiday week with four days booked, but lost one unexpectedly. Here’s how the holiday madness went. The first trip was on Tuesday with my old friend and favorite fishing buddy more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 6/29/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey There were three outings to talk about this week. There were plenty of redfish around early in the week. Monday was my first trip with Steve Bales and George Holcomb, of Knocksville, Tenn more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 6/22/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey What a week to go on vacation! It stormed and rained nearly all week as a tropical low pressure wave sat over us. But, then it was probably better to be on vacation than having trips booked e more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 6/15/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week started with my best friend Capt. Butch Boteler and I taking our mutual best friend Lee Dugger, his wife Tina, and kids Matthew and Amanda out for a morning on the water, including a l more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 6/8/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week was largely an exercise in frustration, with very poor tides and big schools of reds prowling the flats that didn't want to eat. I had new customers on Monday, the Lloyds of William more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound