Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Pretty Good Fishin on Full Moon Post Front! - I had three trips scheduled for this week, but weather claimed Friday. Seems I can't get past the two trip barrier. Both trips were very enjoyable with old friends. First up on Monday was my old friend Jim Termite Turman, from Manchester, Iowa more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Good Fishing, Good Catching, Good Folks, and Good Eats! - I managed another two trips this week, and had good fishing, good catching, good folks, and good eats. First up on Monday was my old friend George McRobbie and his wife Alison, I'd fished with the previous Monday. We had a tide similar to what more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Great Days With Old Friends - It was another two day work week this week, but they were great days with old friends. First up on Monday was a great chap I fished with back in 1998, 1999, and 2000, as I recall. He is George McRobbie, of Melrose, Scotland. I hadn't seen George more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

The Idas of November Brings Wind! - It was another windy week as Ida made her way up the Gulf to Mississippi, and I didn't get out until Friday. My trip was the first with Chris Heaphy and his lovely wife Jan, and his son Kyle, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Chris and I had corre more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Wind, Wind, and more Wind! - Sorry, there is no fishing report for Pine Island for the week ending 11/7/09. Be back next week. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Two great days of Slamming! - I managed two trips this week. Missed one with my good friend Bruce Miller when he spent the night sick before we were to fish on Thursday. Friday morning I met Larry Lessard, who is a neighbor, and has been doing my yard and lawn trimming for so more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Snook and Reds Tough, But Trout Fantastic! - Only one trip this week, so a short report as well. My one trip was with my old friend Dr. Ron Kolata. Ron and I go back some twelve years, and always have a great time. And Ron, his wife Pat, and I have a lot of fun outside of fishing. Tha more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Good Fishing With Great Friends! - I got in two trips this week, and both were with old friends that I've known and fished with for years; Bruce Miller, of Cape Coral, and Ron Texas Wader Hunter, of Palmetto. Fishing with old friends makes even the tough days great. Bruce and I more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Lots of Reds, But Not Much of an Appetite! - I managed to run two out of three scheduled trips this week. It was a week plagued with equipment problems that worked only because my old friend Terry Ryan, who was on Sanibel for the week and scheduled to fish with me Sunday and Monday, swapped hi more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Great Redfish Action! - I managed to get out one day this week, and it proved to be a great one. I met Nick Georgiades at 0700 hrs. Friday morning. He'd driven down from Sarasota for his first shot at flats fishing from a boat, and his first time ever shiner fishing. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound