Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 4/16/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey The first day of the week was just a great day. I met John Marconnit, and his father-in-law, Gib, whom I hadn't seen in some five years, at eight o'clock at the Punta Rassa Ramp. It was a b more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEN ENDING 4/9/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Tuesday was my first day on the water of the week, and my first trip with Tina Luick, and her son, Dale, down from Michigan. She introduced Dale as a kid that absolutely loved to fish. I hop more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 4/2/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Seems like we haven't been able to get through a week this March without stormy weather and time lost. That's the way the week began for my first of what was to be three trips with Brent Geor more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/26/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I had six trips scheduled when the week began, but of course, Mother Nature once again got in the way! The week began on Sunday with Pat Kolata. She and her husband Dr. Ron Kolata are lo more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/19/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey What was to be a five day work week was reduced to two. Weather, tides, and mechanical bug-a-boos once again conspired! I was to fish with my old friend Bill Chaney and a good frie more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/12/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was another one of those weeks where too many days are lost because of things that are out of your control. The Yamaha on the Talon was still not wanting to shift into reverse when cold, more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/5/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey This was one of the toughest weeks I can remember in a long while. It was a week of tough tides, and lousy weather, and those two factors conspired to make things very slow. Sunday, I met m more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 2/26/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a great week of fishing with mostly new customers, which is a bit unusual for me since so much of my business is with long-time friends. But, new customers means the birth of new frie more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 2/19/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was another short week, with only two days of work. The week also saw the invasion of red tide organism into our local waters from the north. By week's end I was hearing reports of fish more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 2/12/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It's a short report this week, with only two work days to talk about. But, the fishing was far better than in the previous week, and I also ran the first trip in the Talon since the fuel tank pr more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound