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2011-04-23
9:35 AM
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Sharks Chasing Our Redfish - This was the one slow week I have during April, with only one trip. The next two weeks are busy.
The trip was on Friday with Bill Ozzie Oswald, of Chicago, Illinois. I met Ozzie at 6:30 AM at the Circle K at Summerlin and John Morris, as he an more...
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2011-04-14
12:08 PM
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The Bigger Redfish Are Showing Up On The Flats - What was to be a four day week was reduced to two days of fishing by another cold front. I rescheduled two trips, which we can do with local folks.
I certainly would have rescheduled or canceled my Monday trip had the weather forecast been accura more...
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2011-04-03
10:20 AM
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Bad Weather Gets In the Way of Things! - I had three trips scheduled again for this week, but weather forced me to reschedule one of them. Man, am I glad I did. It was a very nasty day!
Ben Miller, of Tacoma, Washington, was first up on Tuesday. Ben had the misfortune of drawing his f more...
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2011-03-29
9:10 PM
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Fishing Went from Good to Poor as the Week Progressed - I had three trips this week. Fishing got harder as the week progressed and the tides became poor, but the first part of the week was good.
First up on Sunday was Gordon Perkins, who has recently moved to Ft. Myers, and has his own Native Ultimate more...
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2011-03-24
10:31 AM
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A Full Week of Kayak Fishing for Trout, Redfish, and Flounder - It was a busy week of renewing old friendships and beginning new ones, with six days scheduled on the water. One with David Twigg and his Dad. Two trips with Kelly Mack and friends, and three with my friend Brent George. Brent and I only got to do more...
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2011-03-15
2:57 PM
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How to Sink A Native Ultimate and Still Have Fun! - I had one trip this week, and it's one I'll never forget. If I were giving these reports titles it would be How to Swamp An Ultimate and Still Have Fun.
The trip was with my friend Martin Wenick, of Washington, DC. The forecast was for S/SE br more...
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2011-03-01
4:50 PM
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Lots of Reds and Trout Again This Week - I had three trips on the books for this week, but the first one had to be canceled because of a serious illness in my friend's family. They had to cancel their whole vacation. I'm sad, of course, but when Andy reads the fishing report he's going to more...
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2011-02-21
4:06 PM
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A Full Week of Kayak and Talon Fishing! - The week actually got rolling Saturday evening, when I drove out to St. James City to spend the evening with my friend Mike Burkee, his girlfriend Lindey, brother Jeff down from Sarasota, and friends Joe and Carla, and Mom, Betty, from Wisconsin, bef more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2011-02-09
7:33 AM
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A Great Trip In A New Location - I had two trips on the books for this week, but one was lost when my customer had to fly back home to deal with a furnace issue. The second trip came Friday, up in Englewood. I hadn't fished Lemon Bay in decades, and had not fished the water I sele more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Englewood |
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2011-01-29
5:13 PM
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A Day Of Trophy Trout! - It's been a tough January for kayak fishing and business in general, but things are definitely looking up for February and March. I did run one trip this week with Tom Becker, a great guy and avid angler from Victoria, Minnesota. We had a ball.
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