The Permit game in Naples Florida has been the complete go to! It’s real easy to go buy a few dozen crabs and go sight cast these beautiful fish. Also  been some very large barracudas on these wrecks that fill in the gap’s when the permit do not show right away.

The inshore game has become almost strictly artificial‘s. The bait in our region in Southwest Florida has vanished. We have been able to gold hook threads offshore when we can find them but those baits are just a little too big for the back country fish. The Tarpon on the Beach haven’t seem to mind them or the snook inn the passes. Also we have have been throwing a variety of soft plastics and top water plugs in the back depending on conditions.

It seems like everyone’s vacation plans are all over the board our calendars are ironically busy for the off-season fishing is very good right now and we usually take advantage of this on our own but luckily we are having some nice clients come down and book this beautiful weather!

Please call email or contact any of our captains at on a mission charters in beautiful Naples Florida, looking forward to hearing from you soon. tight lines Captain Wes!

On a mission is still on the Permit. To be honest, it’s been the easiest bait fishing we have at the moment. It’s just to easy to go buy a few dozen crabs and go put them to work. Sight casting is the norm, and our favorite. It seems our fish are a little deeper than usual. So we have been doing better just soaking them and waiting for the “drive by”

Are other bait-fishing has seemed impossible lately. The pilchards have seemed to left a month early. We have been getting very lucky and getting enough to use. Fishing is easy when you have them, but near impossible when you don’t. So please be patient. We have been going out 2 to 3 hours before our charter to try to locate it and still barely getting enough to use for our charter. We have been use of sabkis also to get threads and using them as well. The beach is loaded with 1 inch pilchards and we are waiting for those to grow.

Still been a few tarpon around as well, and we love that they eat crabs this time of the year.

It seems the world is opening back up, we are getting study calls and clients are traveling to Fish! If you are in the Naples, Florida area and you would like to book a charter, please feel to reach out to anyone of our captains.

Thank you,
The Captain Bedell’s!

Naples Florida Offshore and Inshore Fishing Charters

Some great fishing is still going on after the storm in Naples, Florida. Last week we took off because of unstable weather in the Gulf of Mexico. Strong winds and huge surf made it impossible to be on the water. We didn’t mind as we love to surf as well and, took advantage of the amazing waves.

As things settle, we are back at it. This is the biggest week of fishing for us. The new moon is this week and the best week to fish for Permit & Tarpon.  Anything else that swims for that matter. The Permit spawn on this moon, and eat like crazy! We take full advantage of those scenarios.

Our schedule next week is pretty jammed up but we do have some availability if someone wanted to sneak in and take advantage of this amazing fishing next week.

Please contact On A Mission Charter’s in beautiful Naples for all your fishing needs! 

Thanks, tight lines,

The Capt. Bedell’s

Fishing in Naples, Florida has been as good as it gets! With beautiful weather on both side of trips, we are at our favorite time of the year. With the start of our morning trips we have been fishing for Tarpon and monster Snook on the Beach. All of these site fishing challenges bring a intense feeling to the game. Just to watch these trophy fish eat at the boat is why we love our jobs. Look at these smiles, the stoke it is very real!

The spring transition into summer as some of the best fishing of the year. We look forward to these months these tides these fish all year long. It’s a very very special time of the year, and we love to pass these memories on to our clients.

The offshore fishing has been amazing as well. Permit continue to litter the Wrecks. Toss your crab into a school of 25 fish and watch them fight over it. Just about as good as it gets. There have been lots of other species to target when the permit are not cooperating. Barracudas, sharks, massive Jacks even some big cobia have been patrolling these Wrecks.

We have been fishing everywhere from Naples, Marco and to the 10,000 islands. If you are anywhere in this area please contact us for your amazing fishing experience. 

Thank you and tight lines,
The Bedell Captains
Naples Florida Inshore and Offshore Fishing Charters

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