Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 9/27/2003 by Capt. Butch Rickey This turns out to be the tale of two fishing days. I thought there would be three days to report on, but a Wednesday trip with one of my best friends, Capt. Mark Bess, didn't work out. The more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 9/13/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey My God, it's good to be home and back on the water again. I had a wonderful time touring southern California, but really missed my native waters, and the fishing. No, I didn't get a chance to w more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 8/16/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey This will be the last fishing report for the month of August. The report includes two good days of fishing with two of my best customers, David Bernot and John Hitt. The week began on Mo more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 8/16/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey This will be the last fishing report for the month of August. The report includes two good days of fishing with two of my best customers, David Bernot and John Hitt. The week began on Mo more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 8/2/2003 by Capt. Butch Rickey I’ve had many great trips with many, many wonderful people, most of whom I fish with every year, or more frequently. But, this week will go down as one of the most fun weeks of my career, bar n more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/19/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey This will go down as the worst week of my guiding career. Oh, the fishing was good, but for a variety of reasons including black, fresh water, poor tides, bright nights on the full moon, the more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/12/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey I guess water clarity and quality is still the big issue this week, and will likely be for a while. Our water is still like black coffee, and almost fresh in the Sound. Good sized bait is s more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/5/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey For the first time in a while, weather wasn't a major factor this week. It was a week of high, but not very strong tides, and we managed to do pretty well with the redfish on the four trips t more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/5/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey For the first time in a while, weather wasn't a major factor this week. It was a week of high, but not very strong tides, and we managed to do pretty well with the redfish on the four more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/21/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey The weather once again seems to be the big factor around here. We have had lots of storms and rain still building up just offshore and then coming onshore. I was able to get in thre more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound