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2013-07-18
5:50 PM
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Big Winds and Big Snook! - Week ending 6/8/13.......
I had several outings planned for this week, but the first tropical storm of the season foiled some of our plans.
I had planned a beach sight fishing trip with Jim Cromer, of Midlothian, Virginia, and his friend Char more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2013-07-04
10:47 AM
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No Tarpon, But Nice Snook and Redfish to Catch - Week ending 5/25/13........
My friend Don Marano was back on tap for a kayak tarpon trip on Thursday. We fished around this same time last year for poons, and when I got us to the spot, tarpon were everywhere. Don and I threw at the poons all morn more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2013-07-01
1:19 PM
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SW Florida - Fishing report for SW Florida
July 1st., 2013
Tarpon: They are HERE! Time to Book your Tarpon trip is NOW!
We do best with live baits, but the fly and cut baits will work as well.. These critters will range from 40 lbs. to 200 lbs. with th more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound |
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2013-06-23
8:40 AM
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Patience Pays Off On A Poor Tide - Week ending 5/17/13......
It was a week of very poor tides, and I did one trip on Monday, which was the best of the lot, but still poor.
My friend Jonathan Tipples emailed me and told me that he had been telling his lovely wife Jane how much fu more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2013-06-13
9:40 AM
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Fridays Are As Busy As The Weekends These Days! - Week Ending 4/27/13..........
Had a trip with an old friend, Ed Mahoney, this week that I hadn't seen in ten years. Me, Ed, and a couple of his friends had some serious redfish trips back in the day. One day the reds were splitting our popping c more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2013-05-28
10:34 AM
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Good Fishing From The Sanibel Causeway - Week Ending 4/20/13.........
The week started on Sunday morning with a very windy trip from the A Span of the Sanibel Causeway to the waters around Fisherman's Key. It was my first time out with Rich Staneski, and his good friend Dave, of Strouds more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2013-05-27
8:08 AM
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Pine Island Tarpon Fishing Report - Tarpon Fishing Report 526
This week's Tarpon Fishing Report:
First, a Mosquito Lagoon update. I had a reader send me this aerial photograph, showing the Indian River Lagoon north of the Max Brewer Causeway in Titusville. From the air the algae more...
Capt. John Kumiski - Pine Island Sound |
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2013-05-17
11:52 AM
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SW Florida - Fishing report for SW Florida
May 17th., 2013
Tarpon: They are HERE! Time to Book your Tarpon trip is NOW! Finally getting the winds to lay down a bit and in return we're hooking tarpon again.
We do best with live baits, but the fly and cut more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound |
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2013-05-16
3:50 PM
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Working Around The Cold Fronts - Week Ending 4/13/13........
Had a pretty busy week on tap again this week, but late season cold fronts are still causing problems. It's gusting 30 mph outside as I write this, and of course, I had to reschedule this day.
The week began on Tues more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2013-05-02
8:42 AM
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Yak Attack! - Week ending 4/6/13...........
This was a week of poor tides, with the exception of Monday. It wasn't a strong tide, but it was a big one. You can usually get redfish to bite on tides like that, even thought the ambush feeders might be tough to c more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
