Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDIGN 5/21/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Fishing this week was not easy. Although we had tides with good height, they were slow tides without much strength. In our area, a tide that only moves a foot over a six hour period, is a s more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/14/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I was at the ramp early on Monday morning, for my trip with two of my favorite friends, Steve and Liz O'Rourke, of London. I had a chance to talk to several of my friends there, and most wer more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - RERORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/7/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey First up this week was Troy Gale, of Cape Coral. Troy was supposed to have been accompanied by his boss for this trip, but at the last minute he ducked out. We had storms just offshore, but more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 4/30/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I love the guide business, but sometimes I wonder why anyone would want to be in it. It's such a fickle business in so many ways. We are at the mercy of the weather, the tides, the birds, h more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 4/23/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week certainly began on a great note with my old friend Kevin Bressman, over from Orlando for a birthday trip with his dad, Joe, who was down visiting from Oklahoma. I hadn't seen Kevin more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 4/16/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey The first day of the week was just a great day. I met John Marconnit, and his father-in-law, Gib, whom I hadn't seen in some five years, at eight o'clock at the Punta Rassa Ramp. It was a b more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEN ENDING 4/9/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Tuesday was my first day on the water of the week, and my first trip with Tina Luick, and her son, Dale, down from Michigan. She introduced Dale as a kid that absolutely loved to fish. I hop more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 4/2/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Seems like we haven't been able to get through a week this March without stormy weather and time lost. That's the way the week began for my first of what was to be three trips with Brent Geor more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/26/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I had six trips scheduled when the week began, but of course, Mother Nature once again got in the way! The week began on Sunday with Pat Kolata. She and her husband Dr. Ron Kolata are lo more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/19/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey What was to be a five day work week was reduced to two. Weather, tides, and mechanical bug-a-boos once again conspired! I was to fish with my old friend Bill Chaney and a good frie more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound