Pine Island Sound Fishing Reports

Poor Tides Make for a Tough Bite the Week Ending 3/21/09 - Very poor tides and a trip to Port Manatee to fulfill my TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential) requirement cut the work week a bit short. First up on Sunday was my good friend Dr. John Hitt, of UCF. He was over from Orlando for s more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

A Week Full of Big Trout and Keeper Snook! - Save for one day, it was a great week of fishing. The big yellow-mouth sow trout are thick in the right places, and there are some nice snook eating, too. The week began with Jim Olson and his good friend Gary, of Superior, Wisconsin. We had man more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

The Week Was a Blow Out! - Sorry! No report for Pine Island Sound for the week ending 3/7/09. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Rescheduling Trips Was the Order of the Day, Trying to A Bite! - Constant cold fronts and the wind and high barometer that comes with them, along with cold water, have served to make catching very tough this week. I was supposed to fish on Monday with Bob Johnson, on what was to be the first of three trips. Bu more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Spring is just around the corner - We are getting a regular dose of high preasure and east winds with little cold in the future. A combination of air temps in the 70s and cool water have made the bite slow at times. The bigger trout are leaving the shallow potholes and are moving into more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Pine Island Sound

It Was a Week of Juggled Days, Fog, High Pressure, & Poor Tides - Problems with fog continued into the first of this week, prompting some schedule changes. My friend Andy Mount and daughter Rachel and I sat at the dock waiting on the fog to lift until around 9:30 Sunday morning, which was altering my plans for fis more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

SW Florida - Fishing report for SW Florida Feb. 18th., 2009 Redfish: As you all probably know, we have had a very cold winter. The water temperatures for most of the winter was in the 60's. The weather seems to be changing in a more favorable direction. Ge more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

It Was a Jam Packed Week Full of Good Fishing and Great Anglers! - It was my first full week in a long time. And, I mean full. Six days! Boy, am I out of fishing shape! It was the first week of good weather following the big cold spell we had, and we had pretty good tides to go along with the weather. Monday more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Foggy days in February - I fished four days this week that I had to use my GPS to navigate thru the bay, it made it interesting and kept a lot of locals off the water. There is still a good number of big trout to be had and they seem to be on the move from the cold days we h more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Pine Island Sound

A Whole Week of Very Cold Weather and Big Barometer - There is no report for the week ending 2/7/09. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound