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Timothy Qualls

Nationality: American
Languages: English and some spanish
Experience: 17 years

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Captain
Timothy Qualls

Member since March 2023 West Palm Beach, United States

Background: My mastery of the sport is used to exceed expectations, providing clients with memories to be cherished for a lifetime. My love for fishing knows no bounds, and I consider it my calling to share that passion with others.
Techniques: Live bait and artificial

Hey, I'm Captain Timothy Qualls

West Palm Beach, United States

Background: My mastery of the sport is used to exceed expectations, providing clients with memories to be cherished for a lifetime. My love for fishing knows no bounds, and I consider it my calling to share that passion with others.
Techniques: Live bait and artificial

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First Light Exotic Species Charters

4.9 / 5

(138 reviews)

4.9 / 5

(138 reviews)

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West Palm Beach • 19 ft • 5 persons

Last booking: 5 hours ago

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Trips from US $250

Fishing Reports

Peacock snakeheads clowns cichlids large

Oct 28, 2025 West Palm Beach

The bite has been good. Shoot me a message. Lets go fishing.

Extoic species smackdown.

Aug 11, 2025 West Palm Beach

The weather has been very temperamental, but the fishing has proven to stay true and steady. We are catching lots of nice sized fish. And the weather has been bearable with the clouds rolling through lately. If your looking to cross off those bucket list fish now is the time to book. We also dont let the rain put a damper on our plans when it rains weve been hitting the bridges and catching some bridge monsters.

Peacock bass paradise

Jul 9, 2025 West Palm Beach

With the hot weather rolling in the fishing has been just as hot. This past week, we have been having 3 and 4 hour trips. Ending the day with good numbers. Averaging 25-30 fish. With some really nice size fish mxed in. Now is the time for a hot peacock bite.

Peacocks in the south florida Amazon.

Jul 2, 2025 West Palm Beach

Hello, everyone.Thanks for checking into my fishing report. As far as the weather goes, the weather has been very consistent. We have been having south Southeast winds with a mixture of rain coming through consistently for the past month and a 1/2 or so, and the peacock bite has been just as consistent. We've been catching numbers of peacock bass every trip as well as largemouth bass, clownknife fish, mayan cichlids, and hybrid bass. These fish are coming on freshly caught american shad under and around docks and bridges. We've had some water movement in the lake recently with all the rain and i believe it is setting up for a very good bite. Lets go catch some fish together.

The exotic fish bite is on fire

May 24, 2025 West Palm Beach

What a great trip we had today tons of big peacocks, a fee nice clown k ife fish even a 6 pound largemouth bass brought in the boat today!

TOP TIER LARGEMOUTH/PEACOCK BITE.

May 24, 2025 West Palm Beach

The everglades bass fishing has been absolutely amazing. Some of the best bass fishing i have personally seen in all of my years. My last 15 trips have been nothing less than amazing with tons of fish being caught in the 5-7lb range with reports of some 8-10s being had as well. These fish are being caught on artificial lures including frogs, big worms, jigs and more. Also as this heat sets in on the everglades and the ida/osborne chain these peacocks are finishing up with the spawn and they are STARVING as you can see we are getting some big bites and thats just a few of the pictures the peacocks are fired up. The clown knife fish and snake head bite has been slow but we are still getting them here and there.

Customer reviews

Rating summary

4.9 / 5

out of 5 stars from 138 reviews

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Boat

4.9 / 5

Crew

5.0 / 5

Experience

4.9 / 5

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Anglers claimed

Good experience
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Friendly captain
	100%
Recommend this charter
	99%
Appropriate for children
	100%
Satisfied with the boat
	100%
Caught fish
	100%

Appropriate for children
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Satisfied with the boat
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Caught fish
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Richard T.

5.0 / 5

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5.0 / 5

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5.0 / 5

Crew

5.0 / 5

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Fishing with Timothy

VERIFIED 4 hour guided trip (AM) on December 20, 2023

Richard T.

5.0 / 5

Dec 20, 2023

4 hour guided trip (AM)

Fishing with Timothy

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Richard T. recommends First Light Exotic Species Charters

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Timothy Qualls (The Captain)

Replied on December 29, 2023

I’m glad you guys enjoyed the experience thanks for the great review. Tight lines.

Timothy Qualls (The Captain)

Replied on December 29, 2023

I’m glad you guys enjoyed the experience thanks for the great review. Tight lines.

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Brock L.

3.7 / 5

Experience:

3.0 / 5

Boat

4.0 / 5

Crew

4.0 / 5

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Fishing with Timothy

VERIFIED 3 hour guided trip AM on March 12, 2024

Brock L.

3.7 / 5

Mar 12, 2024

3 hour guided trip AM

Fishing with Timothy

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Brock L. recommends First Light Exotic Species Charters

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Timothy Qualls (The Captain)

Replied on March 22, 2024

Hey Brock. I wish you could have had a better experience. I’d say the day went pretty well. Picked you your wife and son up ready and waiting at the dock with a livewell full of nice baits. Due to the amount of work phone calls you received I focused most of my attention to your son who in my opinion had a great time and caught lots of fish and different species as well. My boat was clean and performed flawlessly as it carried you and your family comfortably down the water ways with... More

Timothy Qualls (The Captain)

Replied on March 22, 2024

Hey Brock. I wish you could have had a better experience. I’d say the day went pretty well. Picked you your wife and son up ready and waiting at the dock with a livewell full of nice baits.
Due to the amount of work phone calls you received I focused most of my attention to your son who in my opinion had a great time and caught lots of fish and different species as well. My boat was clean and performed flawlessly as it carried you and your family comfortably down the water ways with no hiccups. By the end of your 3 hour trip you guys caught a “Freshwater slam” and a few other species as well. Thanks for booking and tight lines!

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Shane S.

The captain canceled

VERIFIED Trip was supposed to happen on January 2, 2025

Shane S.

Jan 2, 2025

The captain canceled

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