Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 11/26/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I only had one trip on the books for the week because of the Thanksgiving Holidays. I was to fish with my old friend Mike May on Tuesday, but a cold front passed on Monday wrecking the weather more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 11/19/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a busy week, mostly with old friends. But, we managed to work a couple of new folks in, too. The Talon was ready for business, as my long-time mechanic and friend Danny Fowler, of Fowle more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 11/12/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a full week this week with a mixture of new customers and old friends. It was a fun week. The week began with a trip way up the river to pick up Dr. John Hitt's boat and bring her home more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 11/5/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey This week was booked out long ago, but in the wake of Wilma Monday and Tuesday were canceled for better days. After reading that Tuesday had been canceled, my old friends Rod and Judy Heflin em more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 10/29/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey After having everything canceled this week because of Wilma, I did manage to get in one spur of the moment trip, to my surprise. Although I have already sent out a Hurricane Report, it's only f more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - WEAK OF WAITING FOR WILMA! by Capt. Butch Rickey By the time this week actually got here, what was supposed to have been three trips had degenerated into one! By the time my Tuesday trip came along, hurricane Wilma was already looming on the horiz more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/15/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I had two trips on the books for this week, but only ran one. It was a tough one! I met my old friend Texas Wader Ron Hunter, on Thursday morning. Ron brought along his girlfriend Pat, more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 10/8/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Well, it was another week cut short by weather and luck. I was supposed to do four day with my long-time friend Dr. John Hitt. His duties as president at UCF are very demanding and changeable, more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 9/24/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Not much fishing going on this week. Why? How about hurricane Rita. She drove by just south of the Keys, and her proximity kept our days windy and rainy all week. Those who were fortunate eno more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 9/17/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey If I had to choose a title for this week's report, it would be Red Tide In The Morning, Redfish Take Warning! Although the red tide was awful here this week, the fishing for redfish was very g more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound