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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 |
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2009-12-23
7:44 AM
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Nothing To Report - Rain and cold kept me away from the water during the week ending 12/19/09. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-12-10
4:08 PM
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Two Good Days of Fishing! - Two trips again this week. We had progressively poorer tides as the week moved along, but we fished the best two days and did pretty well. We had to contend with fog, no-seeums, and cold water, and finally had to wait on the water to warm to get a more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-12-05
9:10 PM
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Pretty Good Fishin on Full Moon Post Front! - I had three trips scheduled for this week, but weather claimed Friday. Seems I can't get past the two trip barrier. Both trips were very enjoyable with old friends.
First up on Monday was my old friend Jim Termite Turman, from Manchester, Iowa more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-12-02
7:14 AM
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Good Fishing, Good Catching, Good Folks, and Good Eats! - I managed another two trips this week, and had good fishing, good catching, good folks, and good eats.
First up on Monday was my old friend George McRobbie and his wife Alison, I'd fished with the previous Monday. We had a tide similar to what more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-11-21
8:41 AM
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Great Days With Old Friends - It was another two day work week this week, but they were great days with old friends.
First up on Monday was a great chap I fished with back in 1998, 1999, and 2000, as I recall. He is George McRobbie, of Melrose, Scotland. I hadn't seen George more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
