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2010-03-20 5:46 PM
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Cold Fronts, Cold Water, and Cold Bite Continue! - The seemingly constant cold fronts continue to bring, rain, cold, and cold water, and conspired to cut my week from four to two days of hard fishing.
The week began on Monday, with Richard Sergel, of Wellesley, Massachusetts. We were to fish Mond more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-03-14 9:10 AM
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A Slow Start For March, Week Ending 3/6/10 - Another cold front brought storms, wind, and rain early in the week, and windy days to 33 MPH for a couple of days afterward. I finally got out Friday.
My trip was the first with Jim and Cindy Skarzenski, of Erie, Pennsylvania. Jim's son Josh more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-02-28 2:25 PM
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Great Trout About! - Only one trip to report on this week, but it was a good day with my friend Martin Wenick.
I was the first guide at the ramp Friday morning. There were two commercial fishermen also putting in. Shortly after I parked Steve Waugh showed up. It more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-02-20 4:51 PM
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Finally! The Fish Bite! - Well, once again this week I only managed to run 2 of my 4 scheduled trips. A snowed in Atlanta kept my friend Andy Mount from getting here on time, and unexpected schedule changes kept my old fishing buddy Dr. John Hitt from keeping his date. Joh more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-02-09 2:06 PM
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Two Out of Four Ain't Bad! - It was another pretty full week cut short by bad weather. I had four trips on the books, but actually got to run two of them. Even though the fishing was tough, the trips were great fun.
After bad weather Monday and Tuesday, my friend Martin We more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-01-26 1:13 PM
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One Great Day On The Water - I was beginning to think I was about to have the first January without running a trip since I began guiding over two decades ago. I'd lost everything I had on the books due to the two week freeze and other things, but finally got on the water on Sat more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-01-17 5:53 PM
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Lots of Floaters. Not Many Boaters! - Sorry! No report for the week ending 1/15/10. No fishing going on right now. It's not very pretty out there. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-01-11 11:27 AM
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Global Warming IS Dead! - I couldn't find a single ice auger in SW Florida, so there is no fishing report for the week ending 1/9/10! more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-01-05 5:22 PM
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To Kill A Skunk! - Killing The Skunk
I managed to get in two very cold trips out of three I had scheduled. By that time, the handwriting was on the wall.
First up on Tuesday was Tom Miller and his fifteen year old son, Ben, of Plainfield, Indiana. We'd just h more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2010-01-03 11:04 AM
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All's Quiet At Christmas - A big front with lots of windy days into the 20's forced me to reschedule trips into the next week. So, there is no report for the week ending 12/26/09. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |