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2009-06-14
1:38 PM
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Fishing In Paradise - The week started with a couple stormy days but by mid week it was absolutely beautiful with bright blue skies and calm seas. Sometimes I forget what a unique and beautiful place the coast of southwest Florida is until I share days like the last few w more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-06-07
6:47 AM
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Great Fishing, But Tough Catching - The Fish Don't Want To Eat! - It was again a strange weather week, with early AM storms almost every day getting in the way of fishing. After canceling and rescheduling trips where possible, I was finally on the water Friday for a three boat trip with Dan Pease and his good frie more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-06-03
12:41 PM
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Great Guys Make a Tough Day Fun! - I had three trips scheduled during the week ending May 30, 2009, all over the Memorial Day Holiday weekend. But, as things worked out, I only did one trip on Memorial Day with my old buddy Terry Ryan, and his neighbor and side-kick, Bill.
I was t more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-06-02
5:45 PM
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Fly and SPin Fishing for Tarpon and Snook in Pine Island Sound - Fishing Report from Spotted Tail 6/2/09
It's been a good week.
Monday I arrived in Fort Myers, dropped off my stuff, picked up David McCleaf, and went scouting. We found tarpon everywhere we looked. I had actually had time to take some shots wi more...
Capt. John Kumiski - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-05-29
8:40 PM
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Tarpon and Snook, Now Is The Time To Catch Both - Tarpon and snook dominated the fishing in the waters of Southwest Florida over the last week of the month. Snook were feeding heavy on bait schools that followed the extreme high tides onto the flats and under mangrove points. Tarpon were concentra more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-05-27
7:45 AM
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The Rainy Season Arrived Early! - The rainy season arrived early, as a late season cold front and a tropical low pressure center just off the east coast of Florida combined to make it a lot of wet, stormy, and often threatening weather. We needed the rain, but it wasn't good for bus more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-05-23
1:49 PM
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Clearing Skies Should Improve Fishing Opportunities in Southwest - Finally the rain has stopped! We sure needed the rain and we got it. It was a difficult week for fishing as a low pressure system hung over Southwest Florida and created endless thunderstorms and rain that could occur at anytime.
It was di more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-05-17
10:53 AM
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Tarpon from Charlotte Harbor to Sanibel - For the past week we concentrated our fishing efforts on tarpon. There are a bunch of them here in Southwest Florida this month that's for sure. Some days they were just everywhere you looked free jumping and frolicking around. Other days the more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-05-15
7:12 PM
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Tough Tides, But Pretty Good Fishing! - I wound up running two trips this week. Both were with my good friend Dr. John Hitt, of UCF, in Orlando. We had progressively tougher tides as the week progressed, and predictably the fishing got tougher, as well. But, we always have a good time o more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |
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2009-05-11
12:01 PM
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Sw Florida Fishing report - Fishing report for SW Florida
May 11th., 2009
Tarpon: ARE HERE! Time to BOOK YOUR TARPON TRIP NOW! Summer is tarpon fishing time! All my tarpon trips so far has been successful. We do best with live baits, fly and cut baits. These critters will more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound |
