The Tarpon fishing in our area has been about as good as it gets. We have fish all over the beaches and the back country, ranging from sizes from 5 pounds to triple digits. We have been using a lot of different strategies to target these fish. In the skiff has been flies, artificial, live and dead bait.
On the bigger boat we have been using crabs and pilchards. But again on that boat it’s only one person on the bow at a time so if you bring four on your party someone’s going to get left out, we try to accommodate every Angler but a lot of these shots are one person only!

As of the offshore fishing we have had a little unstable weather on us for the last week or so. We know the Fish are there, we just not cannot get to them. Next week weather is looking beautiful, we are coming into the month of June, that’s when we get milk pond conditions most of the time. We do have some availability in the month of June,  but we are filling up fast Florida is open and coming back to life. So if you have any plans for fishing, please let us know as soon as possible. We thank you very much, tight lines, stay safe, hope to see you soon. Thank you Captain Wes

Naples, FL Fishing Charters

FLORIDA IS OPEN!

The fish are here and the clientele is coming back here in the Naples, Florida area. On a Mission has been on the Permit, good! We have been on some beautiful fish.The phone is ringing and the fish are chewing!

Our trips this last week has been amazing. We are fishing for Tarpon till lunch, and Permit till dinner. Great tides this week for both. Still have a few dates for the best fishing week of the YEAR!! 

Get your party together, do yourself a favor. Book us for your trip of a lifetime with a family of Captains!

Tight lines!
Thanks, from the Captain Bedell’s
Naples, Florida Fishing Charters

May fishing has still been on fire. Large numbers of these beautiful permit are still patrolling most of the wrecks in our region. Life is slowly coming back to normal, we are getting back on the water with clients. We are doing about 3 to 4 trips a week for the next few weeks, we still have some spots available if anyone wants to go target some permit! We are still practicing social distancing on our vessel with our tower 15 feet in the air. We load you up with a crab, stand you on the bow, and we can see the fish coming and give sight fishing orders. Very exciting!

Looking forward to getting you out on the water.

Tight lines,
Captain Wes
Naples Florida Inshore and Offshore Fishing Charters

The permit fishing in our region has been some of the best I have ever seen. Some of these fish that we’ve been on for the last couple weeks have been some of the biggest I’ve seen in my life. Averaging fish size 25 to 35 pounds, they are aggressive, hungry and willing to eat every single crab we throw out there within seconds.

Life as we know it is slowly coming back to normal. We have gotten a plethora of phone calls and emails the last three or four days after we have been making these post on social media. So, our books are starting to fill a little bit, we’ve got quite a few trips this week and looking forward to booking more. We are still out playing with these fish every opportunity we can and we are on them! If you would like to book a trip please feel free to call or email any of our captains and we will love to put your party on some of these beautiful fish.

Thank you.

Tight lines, Capt Wes

Well we waited very patiently, and we are usually last on our coast for the arrival of these beautiful permit. They have showed up, lots of numbers all over the wrecks! With everything going on and lots of people staying home, less traffic on the water we’ve been able to get really close to these fish. Our ramps are open our book is wide open as well. We have been going out and playing for fun, not much use of sitting in the house when this is going on!

We are open for business and ready to take your family fishing. We have a 15 foot tower on our boat, we practice safe social distancing, no worries about being too cramped. We do suggest you keep your party under three just to keep everyone safe. Please feel free to reach out through email or call me direct.

Hopefully everybody staying safe and let’s go fishing!

Thanks,
Captain Wes

On a Mission fishing charters in Naples, Florida had the pleasure to fish the legend UFC fighter Clay the carpenter Guida last week. We went out looking for permit, had to settle for Bonita and barracudas.

Offshore has been good when the winds corporate. All of the spring fish are showing up. It’s quite sad with all of this CV-19 all around us. Charters have come to an almost complete stop. Our ramps are still open, we are fishing for fun and sport just to stay in-tuned to what’s going on out there.

On a Mission will be doing discounted charters for locals and Floridians. If you are from Naples or from Florida we will be offering a 15% discount to all charter’s. We also have gift certificates available for when all of this clears up.

All of the captains from on a mission also supply a sightseeing and boat cruise/sunset tours for people wanting to just get out of the house. No fishing required. If you are interested please go check out, Off the beaten path. Naplessightseeingtours.com

Hopefully this will all be over soon and we can all be enjoying more time on the water, take care, tight lines, stay safe, Captain Wes.

Well just like clockwork, the Tarpon have shown up. The weather and water have been as clean as is gets! We are not seeing the huge numbers like May & June, but enough fish to target in the mornings. Permit are showing up on the wrecks offshore, same story as the tarpon, few fish hear and there. Water temps just aren’t where they need to be yet.

There also have been some king fish barracuda Bonita and lots of sharks on all of the offshore wrecks.
Backcountry game has been good when you can get away from the traffic. With this pandemic there is been a huge flux of everyone going on their boat because that is all there is to do. We have had lots of cancellations, we have rebooked those trips, and then have them cancel again, we are still able to work. I do have some availability left please if you would like to get out and enjoy some beautiful weather and an amazing fishing please give us a call.

Thank you. tight lines,
Captain Wes!

The offshore game is starting to come alive. Barracudas, Bonita’s, sharks, even some permit started showing up.  We have been stocked full of these drag screaming game fish. The wind has been light. The seas have been calm, and the game fish have been cooperating. We’ve been seeing some very large schools of permit tailing, bobbing but just not interested yet. Hopefully this week we will be able to close that deal.

In the back. Has been steady as well. Snook jacks trout pompano sheep head redfish mackerel have all been steady characters in the back. Even a few juvenile tarpon have shown up.

We have obviously had a few cancellations with this world scare going on. Also have had a flux of Floridians and locals filling those gaps. We still have some availability in the next few weeks so please come get some great fishing and clean air!!

Tight lines Capt. Wes
Naples, Florida Inshore and Offshore Fishing Charters