Tred Barta

Tred Barta, host of Best & Worst of Tred Barta is recognized worldwide by catching bigger eye tuna than any man alive on rod and reel. Tred is a prolific, published, outdoor writer who is a consistent contributor to top sport publications including Sport Fishing Magazine. 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 63.5 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 - 16.5 tusk wart hog shot in Africa with the bow defeated the great honorable Fred Bear's record set in 1952 and it still stands today.