Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/12/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was another one of those weeks where too many days are lost because of things that are out of your control. The Yamaha on the Talon was still not wanting to shift into reverse when cold, more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/5/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey This was one of the toughest weeks I can remember in a long while. It was a week of tough tides, and lousy weather, and those two factors conspired to make things very slow. Sunday, I met m more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 2/26/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a great week of fishing with mostly new customers, which is a bit unusual for me since so much of my business is with long-time friends. But, new customers means the birth of new frie more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 2/19/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was another short week, with only two days of work. The week also saw the invasion of red tide organism into our local waters from the north. By week's end I was hearing reports of fish more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 2/12/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It's a short report this week, with only two work days to talk about. But, the fishing was far better than in the previous week, and I also ran the first trip in the Talon since the fuel tank pr more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 1/22/2005 by Capt. Butch Rickey Not a lot to tell again this week, as I only had one trip. This has been a slow January. Friday, my friend Ed Regan, of Georgetown, South Carolina, and I got together for an teaching tri more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 1/15/2005 by Capt. Butch Rickey Not a lot to talk about this week. I was down with an intestinal virus for most of it, and had to cancel a trip. I got out once, thinking I was over it, with my old friend John Franck, of Sar more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 12/25/2004 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week began with the coldest weather we've seen here in several years; near record temperatures. My old friend John hit and I decided to forego fishing on Monday, in favor of Tuesday, more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/18/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey Not much happening this week other than cool weather. But, by Thursday the weather was moderating nicely for Bob McGuire and me. I hadn't been out in a while and figured bait would be non-exi more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/4/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey It's a short week before taking a little time off before the holidays. I ran two trips with a couple of great fishing buddies, John Hitt and Tom Smith. I met my old friend Dr. John Hitt at his more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound