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Report for the Week Ending 12/27/08 by Butch Rickey (1/08/2009)
Fishing for snook and trout remained good during Christmas Week.
Report for Week Ending 12/20/08 by Butch Rickey (12/24/2008)
In spite of numerous cold fronts and cool waters, bait is plentiful and the snook and winter trout fishing is good!
Report for the Week Ending 12/13/08 by Butch Rickey (12/13/2008)
One Great Day of Fishing Ahead of the Front!
Report for the Week Ending 11/29/08 by Butch Rickey (12/01/2008)
The reds are still prowling the flats and eating well!
Report for Week Ending 11/15/08 by Butch Rickey (11/18/2008)
Ladyfish was the key to redfish on cool, windy days!
Report for Week Ending 11/01/08 by Butch Rickey (11/04/2008)
Record cold temps, lots of wind, and a big barometer made things tough and interesting!
Week Ending 10/25/08 by Butch Rickey (10/25/2008)
More trips lost to bad weather up and down southwest Florida coast.
Report for the Week Ending 10-18-08 by Butch Rickey (10/16/2008)
Another great day on the water with old friends.
Report for Week Ending 10/11/08 by Butch Rickey (10/12/2008)
It was another one day workweek, but it was a great day with a wonderful family, David, Jennifer, and son Ted Arthur, over from Ft. Lauderdale.
Report for Week Ending 10/04/08 by Butch Rickey (10/07/2008)
A great day of fishing with Grandpa, Dad, and young son Caden. The birth of a new fisherman!
Report for Week Ending 9/27/08 by Butch Rickey (9/28/2008)
Fresh Water Dumping continues to make fishing tough!
Report for Week Ending 9/20/08 by Butch Rickey (9/20/2008)
Fresh, Black Water and Poor Tides Make for Tough Fishing
Report for The Week Ending 8/30/08 by Butch Rickey (8/31/2008)
After having the previous week completely blown out by Fay, this was a pretty good week of fishing. Especially for reds!
How The Tides Effects Fishing In PIne Island Sound by Butch Rickey (8/18/2008)
This week was a classic lesson in how much the tide effects the bite!
Some Great Redfishing on Cut Ballyhoo! by Butch Rickey (7/28/2008)
Save those ballyhoo you get in your net, and catch some ladys to go with them. They'll catch you some nice redfish!
Week Ending 7/19/08 by Butch Rickey (7/22/2008)
Beautiful redfish were the order of the day!
Report for the Week Ending 7/12/08 by Butch Rickey (7/14/2008)
Bait is still the big issue: It's tiny and it's everywhere! So much so that the fish don't have much reason to eat what we're throwing at them!
Week Ending 7-05-08 by Butch Rickey (7/06/2008)
Snook are all over the beaches, and tiny bait is everywhere, inside and out. It's hard to get them to eat.
Week Ending 6-07-08 by Butch Rickey (6/07/2008)
It was a short week that included one great trip with a great Mon and son team!
Week Ending 5/24/08 by Butch Rickey (5/26/2008)
Wind and poor tides were again the controlling factors this week.
Report for the Week Ending 5/17/08 by Butch Rickey (5/16/2008)
The wind was again not our friend this week. I lost two of my four days to the wind.
What's Up With the Fishing In Pine Island Sound? by Butch Rickey (5/12/2008)
The fishing continued very tough in the Sound this week. From tarpon to catfish, it was hard.
A Tough Week of Fishing, but Some Very Nice Fish! by Butch Rickey (5/04/2008)
Windy days and a general lack of interest from the fish combined to make things very tough!
Report for the Week Ending 4/26/08 by Butch Rickey (4/29/2008)
Tough tides made for tough fishing, but great customers made for great times!
Report for the Week Ending 4/19/08 by Butch Rickey (4/20/2008)
Weather claimed most of the week, but I got in a couple of good days with an old friend.
Report for the Week Ending 4/12/08 by Butch Rickey (4/16/2008)
It was a great week full of redfish and snook!
Report for the Week Ending 3/29/08 by Butch Rickey (4/06/2008)
Winter, spring. Winter, spring. Winter, summer!
Week Ending 3/22/08 by Butch Rickey (3/22/2008)
A week of big winds, nice fish, and big numbers!
Week Ending 3/15/08 by Butch Rickey (3/19/2008)
A very tough week of fishing, but with numerous Slams and big redfish!
Fishing Heats Up For Big Bite With Strong Winds in Pine Island Sound by Butch Rickey (3/09/2008)
A big wind on the front made for a big bite in Pine Island Sound! I did make it out on Friday. What a day! A big front was scheduled to come through during the night on Friday. As Friday dawned, the forecast was for south winds 15 to 20 with gusts as high as 30! I figured we could handle 15 to 20, and fully expected a good bite on the south wind.
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