I started the week off with an old friend from Newark, New York, Bill Schrader. We've been friends and fishing buds for at least eleven years. He and his wife Nancy didn't make it down last year, but Bill always stays in touch. I picked Bill up at 6:30 AM at the Sundial on ...

It was Monday, and I was back at it after Sunday off of the last seven days. My customers were Bob Taylor and his lovely daughter, Katie, of Aurora, Ontario. I had been corresponding with Bob's wife Karen for some time, as we made arrangements for this trip, and she was as ...

Dr. Tom Cruz was first up this week. I met him at the launch to fish the waters of Ding Darling. It was already blowing. The weather report forgot to mention that was going to happen.

I had the boats ready to launch when Tom got there, and we were soon on our ...

My Long-time friend, fishing buddy, and customer Andy Mount, of Conshohocken, PA, was on Sanibel for a week. His family had not been able to make it down last year. Andy was ready for some time on the water.

I picked Andy up at Caribe at 6:30, and drove to to our ...

The wet weather continued during this week, and made it hard to get in a day of fishing. I was on the water three days.

My dear friend Frank Faust had flown in on the 15th, from Council Bluffs, Iowa. I usually pick him up at RSW and get him to his condo on Estero ...

It was a week of mostly poor tides, but I did get out for a day on the best tide we had, which was Monday. My friends Kevin Duffy, and his son Kenny, were down from Wisconsin for a week of vacation at South Seas. Kevin is an avid kayak angler, and I think he owns five boats. ...

Captain Butch Rickey's Barhopp'R Charters will be closed for the rest of the summer.

Check back again this fall for more fishing reports. ...

It was of course the Memorial Day weekend, with Memorial Day on Monday, and I don't want to be anywhere near the water on one of the busiest holidays of the year. It's pure insanity with a capital “I”. I did have two trips on the books after the holiday, though, and one of them ...

Had a trip with a great couple this week, Sam and Jeanie Garrison, of Cumberland, Tennessee. Jeanie enjoyed fishing as much as Sam did, and I really enjoy guiding couples who like to fish together. Sam and Jeanie were kayakers, but had never kayak fished.

I picked ...

After spending a long, hot summer in Las Vegas, I'm back home and ready to fish. I'd wanted for some time to do a cross-country trip, and drove out at the end of June. It was 117 degrees for the first four days I was there! But, although it's a dangerous heat, it doesn't feel ...