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2009-11-07
8:59 AM
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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 |
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2009-11-03
11:50 AM
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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 |
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2009-11-01
2:01 PM
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Warm Weather Keeps The Action Coming -
Again this week the open water areas were the place to look for fish feeding frenzies. Charlotte Harbor and Boca Grande Pass were areas where a smorgasbord of predators and bait were found. The primary subjects were Spanish mackerel and bonito, more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-10-29
9:06 AM
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Record temps make for a strange pattern - Fishing report for the week up to 10/28/09
After a strong front last week water temps are rebounding and still winds have the bait returning to the bay. On tuesday the one windy day this week the bait was sreaming through the passes causing the mac more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-10-28
7:48 AM
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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 |
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2009-10-24
10:23 AM
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Fishing Back On Track - Finally got our first shot at cooler weather this week and boy did it interrupt fishing for a few days. It really wasn't that cold but it felt like it on the water after such a long stretch of hot weather. Plus the wind, a strong northeast wind ble more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-10-17
6:05 PM
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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 |
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2009-10-17
12:04 PM
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Good Fishing Ahead Of Cool Down -
After what seemed like an endless summer relief has finally arrived. Ahead of the cooler weather fishing was good as both snook and redfish were on a pre-front feed.
A fat twenty-six inch red caught in Pine Island Sound
Both Thursday and more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-10-13
3:55 PM
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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 |
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2009-10-11
12:29 PM
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HOT Days on the Water In Southwest Florida - You wouldn't think it was the second week of October, it was down right HOT all week on the water. Beautiful Days, just a little warm for this time of year. With the heat the inshore waters have also warmed back up into the low nineties, this coupled more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound |
