Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

A Week Of Bad Weather? - Week ending 5/03/14.......... Again this week I had three trips on the books, and one day to visit with my buddy Frank Faust and get him to RWS on his plane back to Iowa. First up on Tuesday was Bob Rinear, of Sarasota, Florida, and he was ta more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Matlacha

A Busy Week Fishing Some New Waters - Report for the week ending 4/5/14........ I got in four trips this week, and the first three were all with my friend Dr. John Wilkinson, of Marquette, Michigan. We fished last September, and had a great day. But, the fishing has continued tough more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Weather Makes For More Tough Fishing - Week ending 3/29/14.......... I managed to get two trips in this week. Weather was again a factor. The first trip was on Thursday, with Pete Codevilla, of Longmont, Colorado. We had a very early incoming tide. We were on the water at 7 AM, more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

The Fronts Just Keep On Coming! - Week ending 3/22/14.......... The cold fronts and bad weather just keep on coming. I was to fish with a great young man named Rob Bingemen, of Great Falls, Montana, on Monday, but the weather gods had other ideas. We had heavy rains, high winds, more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Little Kracks Can Sink Yaks! - Week ending 3/1/14.......... I got out on Thursday of this week for a trip with Joe Haskett and his son Joey, of Hertford, North Carolina. We all watched the weather with great interest, as the forecast was very iffy after the passing of yet anot more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Finally! A Full Week! - Week ending 2/22/14...... I had a full week on the books, and managed to get four of them in. First up was Rich Rosenthal, from Charlotte, North Carolina. Rich was rescheduled from the previous Friday, and is a major outdoors-man. Rich was more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Cold Fronts and Wind, and Some Good Fishing, Too! - Week Ending 2/15/14.......... Cold fronts and bad weather were again a factor this week. I did get on the water twice, though. First was my friend Bonnim Tanzman (BT) on Thursday, with his good friend Pete. The forecast called for wind 15 to more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Cool Waters and Hot Bites! - Week ending 2/8/14........... Trout fishing is the hot ticket in this cool water! On Monday, the third, I met my friend Tom Olson, of Madison, Wisconsin, along with his son, Andy, at the Bruning place for an 8 AM launch. It looked to be a beau more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Hot Trout and Cool Tunnels - Week ending 2/1/14......... Weather was again of course a factor for part of the week, but I did get to keep two dates with Shane Loveless, whose wife Lori bought him a trip and a learning seminar with me for Christmas. Any woman who gives her ma more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

The Trout Bite Is Hot! - Week Ending 1/25/14....... Winter weather again took its toll on fishing this week, but I did manage to get in one trip. I met Dave Griffin, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, at Port Comfort Marina at 8:00 AM Tuesday morning. We had a cold front on ou more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound