Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fun With Old Friends, And HOW! - Week ending 1/18/14........ After being down with a bug for about two weeks, I did get back on the water for three days of fishing in this week. The week began on Monday with my good friend Frank Faust, of Council Bluffs, Iowa. He wanted me to more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

A Hot Trout Bite Means Good Ole Fashioned Fun! - Week ending 1/04/14....... Cold fronts and the holidays got in the way of work the first half of the week. I moved my long time friend Roland Hartich from early in the week behind a cold front, to Thursday, where we would be fishing the south win more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Nothing Better Than Fishing With Old Friends! - Week ending 12/28/13........... It's Christmas week. I had three trips scheduled. One, on the 22nd, with Eric Hubbs, which we had to reschedule. The other two were with my long time friend and customer Russ Hubbard, whom I've been fishing with more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Making New Memories With Old Friends - Week ending 12/7/13.......... Ran one trip and lost one this week. Between the economy and the season, things are very slow. I ran another trip from Chic Bruning's place on Captiva, with Tom Olson, of Madison, Wisconsin, who is good friends wi more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

A Fast Friendship On A Slow Day! - Week Ending 11/30/13........ Not a lot of fishing going on Thanksgiving week. I made a quick trip to Jacksonville to visit my life-long friend Nancy Holley, and join her on a huge oyster roast put on by one of her friends known as Gator Bob. Wha more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Good Fishing And Tour Through A Mangrove Tunnel - Week ending 11/23/13........... It was a very busy week, with a few trips, a long time friend in town, and a trip to Jacksonville. The week began though, on Sunday, with a great half hour tour over Pine Island Sound and Matlacha Pass on Kingf more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Good Times With Good Friends! - Week ending 11/16/13........... The week began on Sunday morning when my close friend Ellen Hennigan and I delivered Don and Dawn Marano's kayak to them at their condo in Bokeelia. I took two of my Ultimates along so that we could all go do a lit more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

A Great Day of Teaching and Catching! - Week Ending 11/9/13......... I had a busy week on the books, but it blew up a storm for most of the week. I only managed to get out one day! The day was Monday, and I had an instructional trip with a really interesting, fun, and nice guy, Bonn more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Two Fun Days! - Week ending 11/2/13......... I had three trips scheduled for the week, but early season cold fronts with lots of wind claimed two of them. Was supposed to fish with my good friend Frank Faust Monday and Tuesday, and first trip with Bob Letsinger more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Estero Bay

Lots Of Redfish Around, But..... - Week Ending 10/19/13..... Two trips to talk about this week. Lots of redfish to catch, but lure fishing is still hard, and biz is slow in this economy. Tuesday, my life-long friend Ellen Hennigan and I went to explore the Punta Rassa flats, wh more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound