Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

A Short Trip With One Great Trip - After a week off and a trip to St. Simons Island, Georgia, for my nephew's wedding, I got one trip in this week. It was a great day! It was my first time with Lisa and her eighteen year old son Ronnie, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Lisa is the sister of more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

It's Vacation Week - There is no fishing report for Pine Island Sound for the week ending 5/31/08. Sorry! more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Late season cold fronts and poor tides still rule! - Late season cold fronts and poor tides were the dominating factors this week. My week began on Wednesday with my first trip with Daniel and Megan Stahl, of League City, Texas. This was our first trip. It was also the best tide I'd have to fish more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

The Wind Was Again Not Our Friend This Week! - The wind was again not our friend this week. I lost two of my four days to the wind. I met my good friend Dr. John Hitt at his dock Tuesday morning at 0600 hrs. after we canceled Monday for wind. We had two days scheduled, and gambled on Tuesd more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

What's Up With The Fishing In Pine Island Sound? - What is up with the fishing in the Sound? It sure has been hard for the last couple of weeks. We have continued to have late season cold fronts, but they have brought mostly wind and changes in the barometer. Apparently, it has been enough to mess more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

It was one tough week out there! - This was an abbreviated work week, and a very tough one. Beside having a lot of wind to deal with again for a good part of the week, the fish have just been absolutely not interested in eating. The worst is that I, nor anyone I've talked to, has a more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

A Week of Tough Fishing and Great Customers! - It was a pretty good week of fishing, but as the tides grew weaker, so did the fishing. I managed to get in three out of four trips. First up on Monday was a trip with Bob White, of right here in Ft. Myers. It was a reschedule of a trip we cance more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Cold and Wind Again the Big Issue for the Week Ending 4/19/08 - Again this week the winds and cold from the front that passed over the last weekend kept me off the water until Thursday. My old friend Dr. John Hitt, of UCF, and I left his dock at 0630 hrs. with the air temperature in the high 40's, and soon sa more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Lots of great redfish and snook action this week! - It was supposed to be a week of five trips beginning on Sunday. But, I canceled Sunday's trip with Bob White to reschedule later based upon the best prevailing information from NOAA and NWS. The rain never materialized, and although the wind did re more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Winter, spring. Winter, spring! Winter, summer! - Winter, spring. Winter, spring! Winter, spring. Report for the Week Ending 3/29/08 Winter, summer. I don't even know where to start with this report. The weather has been so goofy and the tides so poor, and the result is that it has been ha more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound