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
Anglers Choice
101
Reviews
4
Fishing Reports
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My Charter Listing

First Light Exotic Species Charters

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(101 reviews)
Angler's choice
West Palm Beach
 Last booking: 5 days ago
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Trips from US $250

Fishing Reports

Peacock bass paradise
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.
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Peacocks in the south florida Amazon.
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.
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The exotic fish bite is on fire
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!
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TOP TIER LARGEMOUTH/PEACOCK BITE.
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.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
5.0 / 5
out of 5 stars from 101 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great trip with TJ and the Family!
Great trip with TJ and the Family!
Great trip with TJ and the Family!
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Angler rating
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Good experience
98%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
99%
Appropriate for children
100%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
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Laurence S.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Captain TJ is the best!

VERIFIED   3 hour guided trip AM on March 28, 2025
I took my two sons fishing for the first time (6 and 4 years old). TJ was a great guide, host, captain, teacher. He was extremely...
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Aaron B.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Perfect! Exactly What We Wanted!!

VERIFIED   4 hour guided trip (AM) on March 12, 2025
TJ did everything right! On time! Clean Boat! Listened to what we wanted to do, very attentive to keep fresh baits on our lines,...
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David B.
Excellent
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great trip

VERIFIED   NEW  4 hour guided trip (AM) on July 12, 2025
Had fun catching a variety of fish including peacock bass. TJ was excellent guide
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Matt D.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great time with my son!

VERIFIED   NEW  4 hour guided (PM) on June 27, 2025
Caught a lot of fish. TJ was great instructing my son. Would definitely recommend him. Fun day!
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Todd M.
Excellent
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Fun 3 Hour Trip

VERIFIED   3 hour guided PM trip on April 14, 2025
My son and I took the afternoon 3 hour trip. Captain Tim put us on the fish and was very attentive and friendly. Plenty of...
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