Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 1/22/2005 by Capt. Butch Rickey Not a lot to tell again this week, as I only had one trip. This has been a slow January. Friday, my friend Ed Regan, of Georgetown, South Carolina, and I got together for an teaching tri more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 1/15/2005 by Capt. Butch Rickey Not a lot to talk about this week. I was down with an intestinal virus for most of it, and had to cancel a trip. I got out once, thinking I was over it, with my old friend John Franck, of Sar more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 12/25/2004 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week began with the coldest weather we've seen here in several years; near record temperatures. My old friend John hit and I decided to forego fishing on Monday, in favor of Tuesday, more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/18/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey Not much happening this week other than cool weather. But, by Thursday the weather was moderating nicely for Bob McGuire and me. I hadn't been out in a while and figured bait would be non-exi more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/4/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey It's a short week before taking a little time off before the holidays. I ran two trips with a couple of great fishing buddies, John Hitt and Tom Smith. I met my old friend Dr. John Hitt at his more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 11/13/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a great week, and the whole week was filled with old friends and good fishing. Good tides and good weather for most of the week were definitely a factor. First up on Monday was my more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 10/30/04 It was a fun week with old friends and some good fishing and good times thrown in. As I mentioned in the last report, my good friends Ron and Pat Kolata came to town for their annual October week on Sanibel on the more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 9/25/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey This was the first time I've gotten to run trips since Charley came through here and rearranged the landscape. It was just great to be back on the water, and the fishing was nothing short of more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - HURRICANE REPORTS Since there has been no fishing here since hurricane Charley, I have posted a series of Hurricane Reports on my website at . Updates are added on a regular basis. Fishing will probably not begin again until early September. P more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/24/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey Weather again dominated the local scene this week. We'd already had onshore winds for the past week, but a large infusion of moisture set off heavy rains and storms both Monday and Tuesday f more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound