Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/21/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey Since I was off last week for this reporting period, I wasn’t going to write a report. But, after considering how much fun I had on a fishing trip up in Sarasota, I decided to go ahead an more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/15/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey Red tide is here! The biggest challenge for the week was keeping live bait just that........alive! There were other frustrations, too. But, we did manage to catch some fish. My first tri more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/8/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey Weather was once again a factor in getting trips run this week. We've had deluge after deluge since Thursday morning, and there's lots of water standing everywhere. I had a fun trip with more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/1/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey After a short vacation I was back on the water for one trip this week. It was a good day. My Thursday trip was with my old friend Bob McGuire, of Line Lexington, Pennsylvania. His company more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/17/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey As you might expect, the week was pretty much a blow out, with lots of wind and rain from tropical storm Alberto that passed to our north. We were in the path of the feeder bands for several more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/10/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey Feast of Famine! That’s what it is right now. Famine on the flats, and Feast on the beaches. That being said, it was a great week overall, with all but one day with old friends. The we more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/3/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey Poor tides helped create a short work week, but the snooking was good early in the week. The week began on Monday with my old friends Stephen O’dell and John Cherry, down from Leesburg for a more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/27/6 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a busy week filled with old friends and a couple of new folks. With increasingly better new moon tides, fishing seemed to improve as the week went along. The weather was overcast more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/20/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey The fishing continued to be bloody hard this week. And, of course another big late season cold front was a factor, but at least it brought us some much needed rain. It might have even been more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/20/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey The fishing continued to be bloody hard this week. And, of course another big late season cold front was a factor, but at least it brought us some much needed rain. It might have even been more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound