Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Floating Seaweed Everywhere Made Fishing Hard - Just two trips this week. It was a fun one, but tons of floating turtlegrass made fishing hard. My first trip on Sunday was with Art Harriott, from Miami, who I first fished with in April of 2010. This would be our first time in the kayaks, but more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Nothing to Yak About! - Neither of the trips I had for the week ending 5/21/11, happened. One no-showed, and I had to postpone the other one. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Only one trip this week, but it was a fun one. - Report For Week Ending 5/14/11 Things are slowing down. Only one trip this week, but it was a fun one. I met my fishing partner, Chris Heaphy, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, at Castaways Marina at 6:30 Friday morning. Chris was already there more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

The Fish Were In A Funk, But It Was A Fun Week - Report For The Week Ending 5/7/11 I started the week off with an old friend, Jim Dougall, and his buddies Hilde and Helmut, in Jim's Action Craft. I hadn't met Helmut before, but Jim and Hilde are a couple of funny guys, and fun to be with. Helm more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Best Friends and New Friends - Report For The Week Ending 4/30/11 I had three trips on the books this week, but rescheduled Friday because of the threat of bad weather, which did materialize. Jim McDaniel, of Springfield, Virginia, called me a couple of months ago with a p more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Sharks Chasing Our Redfish - This was the one slow week I have during April, with only one trip. The next two weeks are busy. The trip was on Friday with Bill Ozzie Oswald, of Chicago, Illinois. I met Ozzie at 6:30 AM at the Circle K at Summerlin and John Morris, as he an more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

The Bigger Redfish Are Showing Up On The Flats - What was to be a four day week was reduced to two days of fishing by another cold front. I rescheduled two trips, which we can do with local folks. I certainly would have rescheduled or canceled my Monday trip had the weather forecast been accura more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Bad Weather Gets In the Way of Things! - I had three trips scheduled again for this week, but weather forced me to reschedule one of them. Man, am I glad I did. It was a very nasty day! Ben Miller, of Tacoma, Washington, was first up on Tuesday. Ben had the misfortune of drawing his f more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Went from Good to Poor as the Week Progressed - I had three trips this week. Fishing got harder as the week progressed and the tides became poor, but the first part of the week was good. First up on Sunday was Gordon Perkins, who has recently moved to Ft. Myers, and has his own Native Ultimate more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

A Full Week of Kayak Fishing for Trout, Redfish, and Flounder - It was a busy week of renewing old friendships and beginning new ones, with six days scheduled on the water. One with David Twigg and his Dad. Two trips with Kelly Mack and friends, and three with my friend Brent George. Brent and I only got to do more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound