KAYAK FISHING WITH CAPT. BUTCH RICKEY

Kayak fishing in the pristine shallow waters of SW Florida, for snook, redifsh, trout, tarpon, and more.

I was born on beautiful Amelia Island, in Fernandina, Florida, in 1945. We came to southwest Florida when I was just a kid, and I spent my formidable years growing up on Captiva and Sanibel Islands, and Fort Myers. That was before there was even a bridge to the islands. There my passion for fishing exploded! I left the area in June of 1964, just before the opening of the Sanibel Causeway, and had a four year career in the Air Force. From there I wound up in Auburn, where I had a career with Ampex Corp. and Metropolitan Life. With Met I took over an office in Charlotte, NC., but circumstances and my yearning for the waters of southwest Florida brought me home, where I settled for years in Sarasota. There I had a career with GTE and was president of Rickey and Associates, Inc., an acc