Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

One Trip for the Week, But a Great One! - It was another one day workweek, but it was a great day with a wonderful family, David, Jennifer, and son Ted Arthur, over from Ft. Lauderdale. The day began as always with the catching of bait. Once we were loaded up and organized, we headed r more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

An Awesome Day of Fishing With Grampa, Dad, and Grandson - This was another one day work week, but my trip Wednesday with my old friend of ten years, Bob McGuire, will go down as one of my most memorable. Bob arranged this trip for his four year old grandson, Caden, and of course his dad, Mark. Bob wisely more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fresh Water Dumping From Lake O Make Things Tough - I only had one trip to report on this week. I fished Friday with Jim Dougall, an old friend of many years, now. Jim brought along his good friend, Glen Hilde Hildebrand, whom I'd met at the ramp once years ago. These two are amazing. Jim is a y more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Black, Fresh Water and Poor Tides Make for Tough Fishing - I was back on the water twice this week, but it wasn't easy. The water is coffee black with tannin stain from all the rain associated with two tropical systems, and eleven days of fresh water dumping from Lake O. And, as if that's not enough, they' more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

No Report For Pine Island Sound for the Week Ending 9/13/08 - Sorry! The passing of Ike kept us mostly off the water. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

After a Week Blown Out by Fay, a Pretty Good Week of Fishing! - My full week last week was blown out by hurricane Fay, except for a trip with David Hewitt and his brother Doug, of Pittsburgh, that we were able to move to Sunday. But, things were anything but back to normal on Sunday. Dave and Doug showed up e more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

A Lesson In How Tides Effect Fishing - After having a benign growth removed from my back a couple of weeks ago, I finally got back to work last Sunday. The rest of this month is quite busy with trips, which is unusual for August. But, as I sit here beginning this report, I wonder what more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Nothing Happening This Week! - Sorry! No report for Pine Island Sound for the week ending 8/2/08. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Great redfishing on cut ballyhoo! - I had just one trip for the week, but it was a great one, with some really good redfishing. The trip was on Friday, with David Wallsmith, and his friend, Bill Shaw, of Knox, Indiana. David is the father of my old friends Todd and Lynn Wallsmith, more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Big Redfish Were The Order of The Day! - Just one trip to report on this week. Oddly enough August is stacking up to be a busy month, and it's usually the slowest of the year even when times are good. My trip was on Friday, with an old friend Ed Mahoney, of Boca Raton, Florida. I've kn more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound