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

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

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

The weather this last week was more like July then February. Slicked off conditions, water temperature still remain cool enough to have the gamefish close by.

Acres and acres of threads and pilchards have shown up in our region all on the inshore wrecks. Kingfish Spanish mackerel jacks in a variety of sharks are all right on their trail. It has been straight up king fish rodeos with quality fish coming to the boat.

Phones are still ringing off the hook, please try to get your calls in to enjoy this incredible experience. It’s only going to get better from here!!

Tight lines, Captain Wes
Naples Inshore and 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 fishing these past few weeks have been amazing for this time of year.  Back to back cold fronts have kept the water cold, and the fish hungry!

We have been catching a lot of winter time residents black drum trout snapper sheepshead, even a few snook and redfish in the mix.

This winter time pattern should be over soon , Spring is around the corner and our schedule is filling up amazingly fast. I am booking 2 to 3 charters a day for spring so please book your trips accordingly.

Thanks and as always, tight lines!
Captain Wes Bedell
Naples Inshore and Offshore Fishing Charters