Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 5/25/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey The weather has been a big factor this week. An unusual and strong winter front pushed through here Sunday bringing us much needed rain, but now at the end of the week the high is still sittin more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/11/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a week of good tides, good weather, and good fishing. I had a pretty full week. First up on Monday were Tony and Kim Edwards, down from Colorado. This was their first BarHopp'R more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 4/13/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week began with six trips on the books, but a cancellation and a no-show left me with four trips to tell you about. My first trip of the week was with a very interesting and fun fello more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 4/6/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey I ran three trips this week, and the rest of the week was dedicated to maintenance. Here's how it went! First up on Monday was Paul Kropf, of Traverse City, Michigan, his son-in-law Thad more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/30/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey This was a busy week that included seven work days and mostly great fishing. First up on Sunday were Nick Lowe and his lovely daughter Natalie, all the way from California. We had a cl more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/23/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey FISHING REPORT FOR PINE ISLAND SOUND FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/23/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey This report week was busy and full of fish. The snook fishing, as well as big trout and re more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/16/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a full week that started out slowly, but improved as the days passed and the water warmed. Monday brought a stiff east wind, tough bait, and tough fishing for Eric Czech and his more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/9/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey This past week will go down as one of the worst ever for us in this area, at least. A combination of factors served to destroy our schedules and our fishing. First, we had red tide blow more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/2/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey Here most of us guides sit, finally with full calendars, and Mother Nature has other ideas. I had six trips on the books for the last of February, first of March, but only got to run three more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 2/23/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey We had a week of pretty good tides, good weather, and good fishing, and I managed to get in three days. Here's how they went. On Monday, I had my first trip with Mike Lucas, and his nine more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound