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2009-10-24
10:23 AM
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Fishing Back On Track - Finally got our first shot at cooler weather this week and boy did it interrupt fishing for a few days. It really wasn't that cold but it felt like it on the water after such a long stretch of hot weather. Plus the wind, a strong northeast wind ble more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-10-17
6:05 PM
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Good Fishing With Great Friends! - I got in two trips this week, and both were with old friends that I've known and fished with for years; Bruce Miller, of Cape Coral, and Ron Texas Wader Hunter, of Palmetto. Fishing with old friends makes even the tough days great.
Bruce and I more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-10-17
12:04 PM
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Good Fishing Ahead Of Cool Down -
After what seemed like an endless summer relief has finally arrived. Ahead of the cooler weather fishing was good as both snook and redfish were on a pre-front feed.
A fat twenty-six inch red caught in Pine Island Sound
Both Thursday and more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-10-13
3:55 PM
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Lots of Reds, But Not Much of an Appetite! - I managed to run two out of three scheduled trips this week. It was a week plagued with equipment problems that worked only because my old friend Terry Ryan, who was on Sanibel for the week and scheduled to fish with me Sunday and Monday, swapped hi more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-10-11
12:29 PM
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HOT Days on the Water In Southwest Florida - You wouldn't think it was the second week of October, it was down right HOT all week on the water. Beautiful Days, just a little warm for this time of year. With the heat the inshore waters have also warmed back up into the low nineties, this coupled more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-10-04
12:39 PM
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October brings a variety of fish inshore to Southwest Florida - October in Southwest Florida means fish are on the move. With lots of bait and predators all kinds of opportunities present themselves.
This week we found success with redfish, mangrove snapper, gag grouper, sea trout and sharks. Everything ex more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-10-03
3:55 PM
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Great Redfish Action! - I managed to get out one day this week, and it proved to be a great one.
I met Nick Georgiades at 0700 hrs. Friday morning. He'd driven down from Sarasota for his first shot at flats fishing from a boat, and his first time ever shiner fishing. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-09-29
11:26 AM
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SW Florida - Fishing report for SW Florida
Sept. 29th., 2009
Redfish: Are on fire when you get the right tide. A few going into the 30 class. I've been doing best on high tides that have good current. Shrimp, shiners & cut bait has been working the best fo more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-09-27
3:18 PM
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The Weather is Here. Wish You Were Beautiful! - Fall is here, and you can tell the weather is changing. But, it's still painfully slow. No report for the week ending 9/26/09. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-09-23
8:49 PM
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In Southwest Florida Fall Fishing Has Begun - The fall run of redfish continues to gain momentum as we exit summer. Over the week we found schools in northern Pine Island Sound and on bars in open water on the south and eastern perimeter of Charlotte Harbor. They aren't real consistent where th more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound |
