Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/21/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey I was on the water five days this week, Tuesday through Saturday. It was a week full of old friends, but also an unexpected disaster. I'd made arrangements to take Dr. John Hitt's Coastli more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/14/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week began with two trips on the books, but ended with one. The week was a crazy one, as my father-in-law passed away. The funeral was scheduled for Thursday, which was my day with Pet more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/7/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was another short week, but I did spend two great days on the water. The first day on the water was Thursday, with Capt. Cliff Young, who owns Box Canyon Cabins, and charters out of Ea more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 9/30/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey Fishing was about as hard as it get this week. For me, at least! The red tide lingered, the fresh continues to come down the river, and I actually heard the media interviewing some business more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 9/23/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey I only got to run two of the four trips I had scheduled this week. So, it was another typically slow week. And, if things aren’t slow enough, we now have the red tide back in the Sound! more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 9/16/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey As I mentioned in last week’s report, my one trip this week was a donated trip to Operation Open Arms, an organization formed by my friend Capt. John “GiddyUp” Bunch for the benefit of our so more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEN ENDING 9/2/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey As I mentioned in the previous report, I had only one trip on the books again this week. It was a trip with my old friend of many years now, Marty Dietz, and his beautiful girlfriend, Janice. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 9/2/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey Like most everyone I’ve talked to, I had only one trip again this week. The weather was threatening and the tide was outgoing, but my first trip with Steven and Stephanie Keith was a blast. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 8/26/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey Slow is still the operative word. I only have one trip to talk about this week. It was a really nice day with my old friend Jim Dougall, who lives in Cape Coral. Jim is now 70 and has sur more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 8/19/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey Man, is this a slow summer. I can see it in the restaurants, motels, stores, and on the streets. I did manage to get in two trips. The first trip was on Tuesday, when I did a two boat tri more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound