Pine Island Sound Fishing Reports

Fishing report for SW Florida - Fishing report for SW Florida March 25th., 2008 Tarpon: IT'S TIME TO BOOK YOUR TARPON TRIP! Starting to see a few returning and as the water warms, we will see many more in the coming days. Usually by mid April we should be in full swing. For more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Another Windy Week With Good Fish and Good Numbers! - It was another week of windy days. I did manage to fish the last two days, after some juggling. After moving Jeff Howe and his father, Gary, of Polk City, Iowa, from Wednesday to Thursday to avoid the big wind in front of the approaching cold fro more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

A tough week of fishing highlighted by multi-Slams and big reds! - I got to run four out of five trips I had on the books this week. The first part of the week we saw big winds out of the north after the big front that passed on Saturday. Dr. John Hitt and I decided it was best to stay in port on Sunday, as the wi more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Week Ending 3-8-08 Pine Island Sound - This week saw an extreme shift in fishing conditions. The big winds blew in on Friday, and stayed over the weekend. Early in the week we had great fishing. Weather was a little more stable, with low tide mornings, coming in to high enough wa more...
Capt. George Howell - Pine Island Sound

Big South Wind On The Front Made A Big Bite in Sanibel Waters - To say it has been a windy week would be an understatement! Back to back cold fronts have made it difficult to get out at all. I did make it out on Friday. What a day! A big front was scheduled to come through during the night on Friday. As Fr more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Week Ending 3-01-08 - Well, another full week was punctuated and reduced to two days on the water this week. That's all to common this time of year. Monday's trip was from my new friend Wayne Wulff, who I fished with back during Christmas week. Wayne had his good fri more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Report for Week Ending 2/23/08 - Fishing this week was excellent, and for the most part the catching was, as well. First up on Tuesday were Chuck Kindt and his ten year old son, Chip, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The factors that would control the fishing were an extreme low more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound, Florida - Fishing report for SW Florida Feb. 24th., 2008 Snook has been heating up with the warmer waters. We've been finding a few in the 20lb. range. White bait, shrimp, cut ladyfish, flies and jigs all will work. Fish the mouths of creeks, canals, pot h more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FLORIDA FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 2/16/08 by Capt. Butch Rickey I had two trips to report on this week. The people and the fishing were great on both days, but the catching was great on one day, and tough on the other. Monday I more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FLORIDA FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 2/09/08 by Capt. Butch Rickey I had four trips on the books for this week, but only got to run three. I moved my Friday trip to the following Monday because bad weather was threaten more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound