In his weekly fishing reports, one of the best native florida fishing guides, capt. butch rickey reveals secrets of backcountry fishing and flats fishing in the waters of pine island sound around sanibel island, captiva island, and pine island. in his weekly florida fishing reports he tells all about snook fishing, redfish fishing, tarpon fishing, and trout fishing. the secrets are free! a guided fishing trip is a bargain!

Fishing Report for Week Ending 8/25/2001

by

Capt. Butch Rickey

It was a slow week with good fishing. I only got out twice.
I fished Monday with Greg Fort, and ex-UCF line backer, now of Cape Coral. This was our first trip together. We had a mid-day tide, so we started at 8 AM, and went straight to Picnic Island for bait. There were tons of threadfins, along with plenty of shiners and nice pinfish, and an occasional skipjack, just to keep me on my toes.
I decided to spend the first couple of hours of the incoming in the sanctuary while waiting on fishable water on the flats. The fish there had other ideas, though, and Greg caught one redfish, missed one, and lost a snook. Not pleased with the slow action, we headed to the flats a little early, and I began the first of the chumming with cut baits. It wasn't too long before we had our first action, and after losing the first couple of fish, Greg got the hang of it, and boated a dozen or so nice redfish.

FISH OF THE WEEK!

Greg Fort with one of many nice reds!
But we had practically no air moving to give us any evaporative cooling, and we were both overheating. Greg wasn't feeling very well, and we decided it would be wise to seek shade and cooler environs at the Waterfront Restaurant. So, we left them biting. I mentioned to Greg that we had a steady bite, but not a hot one, and he said he was thankful it wasn't a hot bite. It was a different kind of fishing than Greg had done on our waters before, but he sure seemed to enjoy it.
I fished Wednesday afternoon with my good friend, and long time fishing buddy, Butch Boteler, who is now a permanent resident of St. James City, on Pine Island. The first time I ever brought him to Pine Island Sound to fish, he swore he'd someday own a home here, and now he does.
Butch had been doing well with the redfish on Yozuri Magnum Walk-the-Dog lures, both in places I've shown him, and other places. I was eager to do some topwater fishing. We headed out into the Sound in his Go-Devil at around 5 PM to fish the first of the outgoing tide around Mckeever Keys.
As soon as the water began moving, we had our first action. I struck the first couple of fish, and they were really blasting that Yozuri Magnum! I was pleased that I had not lost my touch for fishing reds on topwater plugs, and didn't miss a single red. I caught 4 reds, a snook, and a trout, for the Slam, and Butch caught 2 reds, a snook, and a trout, I believe. We were back at his place by 8 PM, pleased with ourselves. That sure is fun!
Be sure to click back to last week's report and check out the "Fish of the Week". My buddy Bob Brockway insisted that I do this!
It appears that my new Talon will be delayed at least a week. Seems that while other boat manufactures have slowed down production, Talon is taking orders for the F-16 at a good pace. I had an F-25 in front of me. Looks now like it will be the first week of September. It doesn't make me happy, but I know this boat will be worth the wait. Can't wait!
I'll be keeping my readers posted with the progress of the F-16, and will attempt to get some pictures of my boat in various stages of it's construction onto the site. All of you folks who have trips coming up in the fall are in for a treat! Below are some thumbnails you may click to view the full size picture of the new ultra wide ride Talon F-16.

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