With the beginning of the year brings cold fronts, wind, rain, but we always have something and somewhere to go. With all these elements, the fishing slows way down. The fish are lethargic and or not very aggressive. They want to eat slow and shrimp is on the menu. The sheephead have been the staple for these cooler months. They love shrimp, they eat very slow and they are great table fair.

These fish are basically everywhere. Any kind of rock pile. Dock or even deep cuts in the back country. Even seen them up on the flats with the redfish and snook! 

The Offshore fishing is very difficult to reach for us this time of the year. That’s why we have been concentrating on the wrecks and reefs within the 5 mile range of Naples. We are in the process of building our new offshore boat. Which will accommodate clients from 6 to 8 passengers that should be in the water by early summer. Also will be able to navigate the waters that we have around here this time of year a lot better. 

Our calendars are very busy. There is a lot of people in town, we are getting booked up for Permit and Tarpon and Season already. If you would like to book anything for 2021 please reach out to anyone of our captains.

Thank you,
Captains Bedell

The fishing in Naples, Florida still remain solid. We’ve had a couple consecutive back to back cold fronts and the water temperatures have been cooler which leaves more options and great fishing. 

Offshore fishing for Naples: when the weather permits. We’ve been catching Bonita, Tripletail, Kingfish and Spanish mackerel, there’s been some Cobia around and mangrove snapper on the wrecks. 

Back country fishing for Naples: with the cooler waters we have been using shrimp and pilchards for bait hitting structures like docks, rock piles and other forms of structures to catch a variety of species. From sheephead and black drum. Also Trout, Redfish, snapper and Snook. 

Our calendars for the Christmas and New Year’s Eve break are filling up very rapidly. Please reach out to anyone of our captains so we can get you and your family on the water this holiday season! 

Capt. Wes Bedell
Naples Florida Offshore and Inshore Fishing Charters

Fall fishing is right on schedule. Inshore fishing in the back country fishing is pretty much as good as it gets here in the Naples area. On this day we double slammed out by 830am with all respectable fish. Some were even site finished which makes the game very interesting. The water is crystal clear Bait is everywhere and amazingly easy to get. The unreal fishing is not far away.

Our schedules are very open and flexible this time of the year. It doesn’t take long to book a trip or get to this amazing fishing!

Tight lines, please give us a call, the Capt Bedell’s!
Naples Florida Fishing Charters

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

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

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

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