Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 2/3/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey Fishing began on Sunday, which is rare for me. You see, I had a guest Howard Gallagher, down from Maine, who had rented a room at the Fish Camp for three nights. Howard loves to fish the west co more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 1/28/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey I spent most of the week in Sarasota, again this week, and managed to get out on the water twice. I met my old friend John Wolfgang Franck for breakfast Monday morning, before hitting the wat more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 1/21/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey My week began on Sunday with my good friend Dr. John Hitt. We’d elected to cancel our Saturday trip because of the approaching front, and it turned out to be a very good decision. It was li more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 1/14/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey Although I had no trips booked this week, I was on the water for a couple of days in Sarasota. Slow is the operative word in January; fishing, business, metabolism. Everything is slow in Januar more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 1/7/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey It’s January 2nd. Trout season is officially open. After spending two days in the last week pre-fishing for keeping sized fish, John Hitt and I are ready to go out and put our limits of trout in more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/31/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Although my friend John Hitt and I were to fish three days during the Christmas week, cold weather kept up at home for one of them. Our mission on both days was to scout for big trout, as the t more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/24/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Only one trip to report on before the Christmas Holiday, and there couldn’t have been a better one to end the year on. My customer was Lenny Hall, of Boscawen, New Hampshire, and his good frien more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/17/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a slow week, with only two trips to report on. It was also a cold week, with overnight lows in the mid to upper forties every night. Fishing was tough. The first trip was on Monday wi more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/10/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I managed to get in three trips this week. We had a cold front early in the week that hung around and mixed with yet another cold front late in the week, causing unsettled weather for most of t more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - RERPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/3/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week began with the biggest cold front of the year on our doorstep. The wind came around from the south on Sunday, and I heard reports of a good bite from the guys who were out there. But more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound