
2014-04-11 1:21 AM
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Little Kracks Can Sink Yaks! - Week ending 3/1/14..........
I got out on Thursday of this week for a trip with Joe Haskett and his son Joey, of Hertford, North Carolina. We all watched the weather with great interest, as the forecast was very iffy after the passing of yet anot more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |

2014-04-10 4:59 PM
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SNOOKIN!!! - The winds finally abated
The northerly I really hated
But we found some old girls to bite
And stretched our lines oh so tight
A 31 and 34 and also a 35 drove us crazy
We returned home and just felt so lazy
Artificial Lures.. keep more...
Capt. George Grosselfinger - Pine Island Sound |

2014-04-10 8:59 AM
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Finally! A Full Week! - Week ending 2/22/14......
I had a full week on the books, and managed to get four of them in.
First up was Rich Rosenthal, from Charlotte, North Carolina. Rich was rescheduled from the previous Friday, and is a major outdoors-man. Rich was more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |

2014-03-28 9:20 PM
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Cold Fronts and Wind, and Some Good Fishing, Too! - Week Ending 2/15/14..........
Cold fronts and bad weather were again a factor this week. I did get on the water twice, though.
First was my friend Bonnim Tanzman (BT) on Thursday, with his good friend Pete. The forecast called for wind 15 to more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |

2014-03-18 3:38 PM
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Snookin again - Weekend again brought windy days
But there are always some ways
Found some lee shores and that's what it took
We landed this gorgeous 33 SNOOK
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Capt. George Grosselfinger - Pine Island Sound |

2014-03-16 10:00 PM
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Cool Waters and Hot Bites! - Week ending 2/8/14...........
Trout fishing is the hot ticket in this cool water!
On Monday, the third, I met my friend Tom Olson, of Madison, Wisconsin, along with his son, Andy, at the Bruning place for an 8 AM launch. It looked to be a beau more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |

2014-03-13 3:14 PM
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Good times with the Hoffmans - March 11th 2014 proved to be a good day on the water for the Hoffmans Angling Adventure. We started out on the open water grass in 7 foot depth for some trout. It wasn't long and the boys Bryce and Mason were showing off dad Dan and grandpa Dave. Wit more...
Capt. Cliff Simer - Pine Island Sound |

2014-03-10 8:40 PM
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SNOOK..SNOOK Again - When the big girls stop dancing...time will tell
They enjoy being our partners around Sanibel
Doctor Dean DelleDonne wanted a quality SNOOK
He found out about a hundred casts it took
His line screamed towards the mangrove..what to do
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Capt. George Grosselfinger - Pine Island Sound |

2014-02-28 8:44 AM
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Hot Trout and Cool Tunnels - Week ending 2/1/14.........
Weather was again of course a factor for part of the week, but I did get to keep two dates with Shane Loveless, whose wife Lori bought him a trip and a learning seminar with me for Christmas. Any woman who gives her ma more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |

2014-02-27 1:20 PM
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Spring is here! - Fishing report for Pine Island Sound
March 1st., 2014
Snook: Snook are starting to move to their spring locations. With the bait returning, watch for the snook to start feeding again and becoming much more active. They can also be found near m more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound |