Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Global Warming IS Dead! - I couldn't find a single ice auger in SW Florida, so there is no fishing report for the week ending 1/9/10! more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

To Kill A Skunk! - Killing The Skunk I managed to get in two very cold trips out of three I had scheduled. By that time, the handwriting was on the wall. First up on Tuesday was Tom Miller and his fifteen year old son, Ben, of Plainfield, Indiana. We'd just h more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

All's Quiet At Christmas - A big front with lots of windy days into the 20's forced me to reschedule trips into the next week. So, there is no report for the week ending 12/26/09. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Nothing To Report - Rain and cold kept me away from the water during the week ending 12/19/09. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Two Good Days of Fishing! - Two trips again this week. We had progressively poorer tides as the week moved along, but we fished the best two days and did pretty well. We had to contend with fog, no-seeums, and cold water, and finally had to wait on the water to warm to get a more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Pretty Good Fishin on Full Moon Post Front! - I had three trips scheduled for this week, but weather claimed Friday. Seems I can't get past the two trip barrier. Both trips were very enjoyable with old friends. First up on Monday was my old friend Jim Termite Turman, from Manchester, Iowa more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Good Fishing, Good Catching, Good Folks, and Good Eats! - I managed another two trips this week, and had good fishing, good catching, good folks, and good eats. First up on Monday was my old friend George McRobbie and his wife Alison, I'd fished with the previous Monday. We had a tide similar to what more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Great Days With Old Friends - It was another two day work week this week, but they were great days with old friends. First up on Monday was a great chap I fished with back in 1998, 1999, and 2000, as I recall. He is George McRobbie, of Melrose, Scotland. I hadn't seen George more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

The Idas of November Brings Wind! - It was another windy week as Ida made her way up the Gulf to Mississippi, and I didn't get out until Friday. My trip was the first with Chris Heaphy and his lovely wife Jan, and his son Kyle, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Chris and I had corre more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

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