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
138
Reviews
6
Fishing Reports
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My Charter Listing

First Light Exotic Species Charters

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(138 reviews)
Angler's choice
West Palm Beach
 Last booking: 2 hours ago
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Trips from US $250

Fishing Reports

Peacock snakeheads clowns cichlids large
Peacock snakeheads clowns cichlids large
Oct 28, 2025 West Palm Beach
The bite has been good. Shoot me a message. Lets go fishing.
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Extoic species smackdown.
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.
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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
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 138 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Good experience
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Friendly captain
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Recommend this charter
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Appropriate for children
100%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
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Lori C.
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Florida Fresh waters

VERIFIED   3 hour guided trip AM on August 3, 2025
TJ was spectacular with his knowledge and love for fishing.ย  We caught four different species!!ย  Some of us even caught two...
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Ashley R.
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Best way to get out there and catch a lot of fish!

VERIFIED   3 hour guided trip AM on June 16, 2025
Had a great time with TJ on our guided trip. Caught a lot of fish (largemouth and peacock bass). Saw a lot of wildlife and...
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Kenneth K.
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Trip of a lifetime

VERIFIED   8 hour guided trip on April 29, 2025
This trip was everything I wanted, T.J knew what I wanted to do and he put me on the fish. I wanted to cross some fish off...
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Andrew D.
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Awesome morning with Captain TJ

VERIFIED   5 hour guided trip (AM) on April 19, 2025
Awesome experience from start to finish with Captain TJ. He was waiting at the dock with bait and rods rigged up and after...
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Laurence S.
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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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