Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

A Week of Tough Fishing and Great Customers! - It was a pretty good week of fishing, but as the tides grew weaker, so did the fishing. I managed to get in three out of four trips. First up on Monday was a trip with Bob White, of right here in Ft. Myers. It was a reschedule of a trip we cance more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Cold and Wind Again the Big Issue for the Week Ending 4/19/08 - Again this week the winds and cold from the front that passed over the last weekend kept me off the water until Thursday. My old friend Dr. John Hitt, of UCF, and I left his dock at 0630 hrs. with the air temperature in the high 40's, and soon sa more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Lots of great redfish and snook action this week! - It was supposed to be a week of five trips beginning on Sunday. But, I canceled Sunday's trip with Bob White to reschedule later based upon the best prevailing information from NOAA and NWS. The rain never materialized, and although the wind did re more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Winter, spring. Winter, spring! Winter, summer! - Winter, spring. Winter, spring! Winter, spring. Report for the Week Ending 3/29/08 Winter, summer. I don't even know where to start with this report. The weather has been so goofy and the tides so poor, and the result is that it has been ha more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Another Windy Week With Good Fish and Good Numbers! - It was another week of windy days. I did manage to fish the last two days, after some juggling. After moving Jeff Howe and his father, Gary, of Polk City, Iowa, from Wednesday to Thursday to avoid the big wind in front of the approaching cold fro more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

A tough week of fishing highlighted by multi-Slams and big reds! - I got to run four out of five trips I had on the books this week. The first part of the week we saw big winds out of the north after the big front that passed on Saturday. Dr. John Hitt and I decided it was best to stay in port on Sunday, as the wi more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Big South Wind On The Front Made A Big Bite in Sanibel Waters - To say it has been a windy week would be an understatement! Back to back cold fronts have made it difficult to get out at all. I did make it out on Friday. What a day! A big front was scheduled to come through during the night on Friday. As Fr more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Week Ending 3-01-08 - Well, another full week was punctuated and reduced to two days on the water this week. That's all to common this time of year. Monday's trip was from my new friend Wayne Wulff, who I fished with back during Christmas week. Wayne had his good fri more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Report for Week Ending 2/23/08 - Fishing this week was excellent, and for the most part the catching was, as well. First up on Tuesday were Chuck Kindt and his ten year old son, Chip, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The factors that would control the fishing were an extreme low more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FLORIDA FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 2/16/08 by Capt. Butch Rickey I had two trips to report on this week. The people and the fishing were great on both days, but the catching was great on one day, and tough on the other. Monday I more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound