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

Wintertime mixed bag fishery is in full affect in Southwest Florida. Family fun charters is what we call them. We were blasted with a late season front that put water temperatures at 64° and air temperatures in the 50s. Complete culture shock from the 80s and 90s that we had the past several weeks. Shrimp has been the key player this last week with Charter‘s water temperatures are creeping up and a warming trend is on the way. We are anticipating a warm trend warmer weather pilchards, snook, redfish and tarpon should be showing up behind them!!

March still has a few spots left. Please give us a call for your charter interest .

Tight lines,
Captain Wes Bedell
Naples Inshore & Offshore Fishing Charters

Well I’m not sure but I believe I called it . Spring has sprung! We went from straight shrimp fishing cold water last week to 75° water and pilchards!

The Snook and red-fishing this week has been incredible. Lots of slot fish across the board, even lost some studs.

Offshore, there have been some kingfish, Bonita and a few triple tail on some of the inshore  wrecks. but mother nature and the winds have been fairly heavy and preventing us to capitalize on that. That’s when Plan B and fishing the back comes in clutch!

I know these reports I sound like a broken record but our calendars are getting full and tight we still have a few availability trips on the skiff in March and the Sobalo trips are filling in daily .

Tight lines, thank you captain Wes Bedell!
Naples inshore and offshore fishing charters

The winter fishing is in full effect. Water temps plummet into the low 60s for our region. Artificial’s & live shrimp have been working so good, the fish are starving and not going to turn down a meal.

Redfish, black drum, sheephead, trout have been the norm this week. There has still been some triple tail around the numbers are dwindling a little bit but there still are some big fish around. We are making the transition in the February this week looking forward to some things warming up & the arrival of a early spring. We still have some availability left in February and March please feel free to contact us about your parties.

Capt. Wes Bedell
Naples Inshore and Offshore Fishing Charters

The great fishing continues to light up our region. Not the usual norm around here the last week or so, water temps in the mid 70s air temps in the mid 80s it almost feels like summer around here.

That is getting ready to change tomorrow. We are getting blasted with record lows in the 40s I’m sure our water temps will drop drastically. Once the front passes through fishing should remain amazing with cooler water temperatures and dirty water for a few days the fish will be starving by the weekend. My phone has been ringing off the hook with the arrival of the Super Bowl just across the state in a few weeks clients are starting to book us up! Please contact your parties and get us in the book as quickly as possible.

Thank you very much tight lines,
Capt Wes Bedell

Well we finally got blasted with what I will call the first big cold front of the year. Temperatures plummeted in our region, water temps 10° air temperature 20° lows in the 50s last week and some incredibly negative tides put on a redfish extravaganza like it’s supposed to be.

We had incredibly good fishing last week with the cold water. The fish seem to be starving and did not mind artificial or live shrimp. It seems like the warming trend is already back with forecast in the 80s for the next 10 days. I hate to say this but winter feels over already, looks like we’re going to be having an early spring.

Lots of triple tail still around in our area and the snook bite is good as well,  not really any large fish but lots of numbers, big jacks are patrolling everywhere in the back. Offshore has been good as well when you can get out there. Kingfish and cobia have been in the mix but wind conditions will not let us travel there. We will be taking delivery of our new 28 foot Morgan in just a few months and will be able to dominate a little bit further offshore with a lot more consistency.

Our calendars are getting very full for this next month so please give us a call if you have any Charter questions.

Thank you and tight lines,
Captain Wes