Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 12/21/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey There is no official fishing report for this week. I want to use this space to thank all of my loyal friends and customers that make up the BarHopp’R family of fishermen and women for mak more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 12/14/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey Bad weather and a bad economy are combining to make the guide business a tough place to be lately, unless you have another job. That makes for short weeks and short fishing reports. This more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 12/7/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey Every guide I’m talking to lately has the same story. There’s no work. We’re feeling good to get in one or two trips a week, right now. Besides the obvious financial burden, it doesn’t l more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 11/30/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey Weather was once again a factor in this week’s fishing. Although we caught lots of fish, fishing for the glamour species, redfish and snook, was tough, indeed. Monday was my first outin more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 11/23/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week was a bust as far as trips went. Once again we had two fronts come through within the space of the week, and the only trips I had on the books were lost to weather. I more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 11/16/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey Winter cold fronts claimed several days this week, and I only got to fish Thursday and Friday. They were two great days sandwiched between weather fronts, but we caught some great fish. The more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 11/9/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey Awesome is the only word I can use to describe the fishing again this week, and it’s the word often used by my customers. All my folks caught plenty of nice snook and 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 11/2/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey To say the fishing this week was great would be an understatement. It was awesome, and got better as the week progressed. Read on. First up on Tuesday was my buddy Bryan Thomas back for more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/26/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey There are three trips to report on this week. The fishing was great for most of it. First up on Monday was Bryan Thomas and his friend, of Clinton, Pennsylvania. Bryan and I had a grea more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/19/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a short workweek for me, but man, what great fishing. The first big winter front of the fall season seems to have pushed the big snook inside, and has the redfish on the mo more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound