Tred Barta is credited worldwide with catching more big eye tuna than any man alive on rod and reel.
Tred has been credited as the modern pioneer of canyon fishing, developing and perfecting many of the techniques used today.
Tred is credited with early confirmation that warm core eddies existed and were key to bluewater success worldwide. Tred's specific techniques on how to find a warm core eddie, how to fish it and stay with it are the standard today.
As an angler and captain, Tred Barta has probably spent more time in the North Atlantic Canyons than anyone. Tred's light tackle career is legend holding at one time or another double-digit International Game and Fishing Association (IGFA) world records on light line. Tred was the only man to ever hold the triple crown of light tackle tuna records, a 65 lb. yellowfin on 6 lb. line which took in 3 years of solid effort to land a world record, a 63 1/2 lb. bluefin tuna on 12 lb. line and a 215 lb. big eye tuna on 20 lb. line taking 5 hours and 17 minutes - still unbroken after 20 years.
Besides multiple world records in fishing, Tred holds a multitude of bow hunting records in Rowland Ward, his 382 lb. 16 - 16 ½ tusk wart hog shot in Africa with the bow defeated the great honorable Fred Bear's record set in 1952 and it still stands.
Tred also holds records for Blesbok, Dik-Dik, Impala, Whitetail etc. A caribou harvested in Northern Ungava with a longbow scored 401 5/0, at one time a world record, now in the top 10.
Although Tred does not identify with much of the fad fly-fishing, Tred's depth of experience here is incredible. His 38.6 lb. dolphin is the existing world record on 6-lb. tippet. He is an expert fly-fisherman, period, having fly-fished all over the world.
Over the last ten years, Tred has become a teacher, the educator and the unmitigated voice of bluewater fishing. Tred made a decision a long time ago not to be short sighted when it comes to sponsors and money. He shuns any product or endorsement he doesn't like and over the years has only a handful of sponsors - mostly generic.
Tred feels most television and outdoor celebrities are over endorsed, and as a result, have lost their credibility. To quote Tred, "If you stand for everything, you stand for nothing."
As a result of non-stop writing for 27 years in almost every sports publication and through his not-for-profit lecture services up and down both coasts, through his Barta Blue Marlin Classic (BBMC) which has become one of the most successful tournaments in the world, Tred enjoys an endorsement from the industry, the press, the OEM's, the manufacturers as the most credible voice of bluewater fishing. The man cannot be bought off and sticks to his guns.
Over the last seven years, the BBMC has raised one million dollars for the IGFA Junior Angler's Program.
Tred Barta's new tournament, the Barta Boys and Girls Billfish Tournament in Beaufort, North Carolina, just in two years, has raised $600,000 with a pledge to raise a second one million dollars for the Boys and Girls Club of Coastal Carolina. There is no one in the hunting and fishing industry today with a track record like this.
Tred's mottos for all of his tournaments and lecture series are: "Families who hunt and fish together stay together," and "There is nothing more important than the way we treat each other."
Tred has a deep background in boat manufacturing with an excellent understanding of boat and hull design, managing several 60 to 70 ft. custom vessels from beginning to end of construction.
He is a turboprop and jet pilot having over 7500 hours as a pilot in command with 22 ocean crossings.
Tred is a fierce competitor; educated at a New England prep school and University of Colorado where he raced Alpine and Nordic combined, winning the Junior Biathlon championships. For the next several years, he trained with the U. S. Olympic Biathlon team.
Tred is the most prolific published outdoor writer today.
Sponsors love Tred - He is loyal, he has a high moral character and he is a team player.
Tred is believable - the voice of bluewater fishing and hunting today is credible and has worldwide recognized depth of experience.
Coast to Coast
Canyons
World records - Bow, Fly Rod, etc.
Depth of experience is a very important word.
Canyon Fishing Warm Core Eddie Research.
Hunting and Fishing World Records.
A Captain, Pilot and Explorer.
A family man with huge family values.
