Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 6/25/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was another week of rainy weather. What’s new? We had a freak low pressure front sag down over the middle of the state and lay there for the first part of the week, and although it’s moved i more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 6/18/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It's a short report this week. The beginning of the week saw very poor tides that are not good for fishing. We're also beginning the summer slow down. The heat is here. We've got a big proble more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/11/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It’s Friday, June 10, as I sit here house-bound writing this report. The week began with great fishing for the first couple of days, and then slowed because of poor tides the next two days, more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - WEATHER REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 6/4/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey A wet butt, and a hungry gut! I read a book by that title a few years ago, and the main premise of that book was that if you live your life as a fishing guide/commercial fisherman, you'll more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/28/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a great week full of old friends and great people, marred only by a couple of days of big wind and a schedule screwup. First up on Monday were Bill Hudson, his son Mike, and his gran more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDIGN 5/21/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Fishing this week was not easy. Although we had tides with good height, they were slow tides without much strength. In our area, a tide that only moves a foot over a six hour period, is a s more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/14/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I was at the ramp early on Monday morning, for my trip with two of my favorite friends, Steve and Liz O'Rourke, of London. I had a chance to talk to several of my friends there, and most wer more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - RERORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/7/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey First up this week was Troy Gale, of Cape Coral. Troy was supposed to have been accompanied by his boss for this trip, but at the last minute he ducked out. We had storms just offshore, but more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 4/30/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I love the guide business, but sometimes I wonder why anyone would want to be in it. It's such a fickle business in so many ways. We are at the mercy of the weather, the tides, the birds, h more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 4/23/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week certainly began on a great note with my old friend Kevin Bressman, over from Orlando for a birthday trip with his dad, Joe, who was down visiting from Oklahoma. I hadn't seen Kevin more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound