Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/19/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey This will go down as the worst week of my guiding career. Oh, the fishing was good, but for a variety of reasons including black, fresh water, poor tides, bright nights on the full moon, the more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/12/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey I guess water clarity and quality is still the big issue this week, and will likely be for a while. Our water is still like black coffee, and almost fresh in the Sound. Good sized bait is s more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/5/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey For the first time in a while, weather wasn't a major factor this week. It was a week of high, but not very strong tides, and we managed to do pretty well with the redfish on the four trips t more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/5/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey For the first time in a while, weather wasn't a major factor this week. It was a week of high, but not very strong tides, and we managed to do pretty well with the redfish on the four more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/21/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey The weather once again seems to be the big factor around here. We have had lots of storms and rain still building up just offshore and then coming onshore. I was able to get in thre more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/14/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey I ran four trips this week, and weather was again a factor in that most days we had storms brewing just off the beaches, and an onshore wind that made it impossible to get out to where the ma more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/6/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey Once again the weather was a factor, as the sagging jet stream pushed another front into Florida midweek. I managed to run three trips, and they were pretty good ones. Monday was my first t more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/31/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week began with five trips on the books, but weather and an unexpected motor problem took two days away. I was still able to run four trips by moving one to Saturday, so fittingly, my g more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - RERORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/24/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a week of very poor tide, and several days didn't fill. I worked Monday and Friday, and spent the rest of the week networking my computers. Terry Ryan, and his lovely wife Michelle more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/3/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey Once again, weather put a damper on our fishing fun this week! Wednesday and Thursday were lost for most of us who believed the weathermen. The week began with John Cahill and his son Lee, more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound