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
2009-11-15 12:56 PM
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
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
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
2009-10-13 3:55 PM
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
2009-10-03 3:55 PM
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