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2010-04-11
5:56 PM
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Bustin' Loose! Finally! - Only one trip for the week, but it was great to be on the water when the fish finally began to bust loose. It was a great day.
My customers were Andrew (Sandy) Smith, his son Dr. Andy Smith, and Andy's eight year old son, Jack. Sandy and Andy more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-04-06
1:40 PM
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The Slow Bite and Juggled Schedules Continues! - A week that began as a full one was ultimately reduced to two days. The bite in the Sound continued very poor last week for anything other than ladyfish and small trout, and I did a lot of schedule juggling with those who had the latitude to do so i more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-03-27
1:40 PM
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More Of The Same: Fronts and Rough Waters - It was a week of more of the same; cold fronts, wind and rain, and rough waters. I didn't get on the water until Thursday.
My trip was with Roger Pecha, his ten year old son Robert, and eighty year old father-in-law, of Clayton, Missouri. The more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-03-20
5:46 PM
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Cold Fronts, Cold Water, and Cold Bite Continue! - The seemingly constant cold fronts continue to bring, rain, cold, and cold water, and conspired to cut my week from four to two days of hard fishing.
The week began on Monday, with Richard Sergel, of Wellesley, Massachusetts. We were to fish Mond more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-03-14
9:10 AM
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A Slow Start For March, Week Ending 3/6/10 - Another cold front brought storms, wind, and rain early in the week, and windy days to 33 MPH for a couple of days afterward. I finally got out Friday.
My trip was the first with Jim and Cindy Skarzenski, of Erie, Pennsylvania. Jim's son Josh more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-02-28
2:25 PM
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Great Trout About! - Only one trip to report on this week, but it was a good day with my friend Martin Wenick.
I was the first guide at the ramp Friday morning. There were two commercial fishermen also putting in. Shortly after I parked Steve Waugh showed up. It more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-02-20
4:51 PM
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Finally! The Fish Bite! - Well, once again this week I only managed to run 2 of my 4 scheduled trips. A snowed in Atlanta kept my friend Andy Mount from getting here on time, and unexpected schedule changes kept my old fishing buddy Dr. John Hitt from keeping his date. Joh more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-02-09
2:06 PM
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Two Out of Four Ain't Bad! - It was another pretty full week cut short by bad weather. I had four trips on the books, but actually got to run two of them. Even though the fishing was tough, the trips were great fun.
After bad weather Monday and Tuesday, my friend Martin We more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-01-26
1:13 PM
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One Great Day On The Water - I was beginning to think I was about to have the first January without running a trip since I began guiding over two decades ago. I'd lost everything I had on the books due to the two week freeze and other things, but finally got on the water on Sat more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-01-17
5:53 PM
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Lots of Floaters. Not Many Boaters! - Sorry! No report for the week ending 1/15/10. No fishing going on right now. It's not very pretty out there. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
