Capt Fred Archer and SportFishermen

[Randy Stinchcomb]

I dont pull spreaders, dredges, chains or teasers but I still Welcome what Capt Fred has to say
maybe, just maybe I'll change my tactics and pull something other than bait in the future, thanks to guys like Fred, Bill and others, who now have convinced me it it just migh increase my hook-up ratio by putting more flash in the water

Thanks Adimn and SFC

[Hooligan]

Very Happy to see your post!!!

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Captain Fred you have no idea how happy I am that you are smiling again!!
You are an undisputed very admired LEGEND OF LEGENDS!! And you have quite a large amount of admirer's. One compliment that I must give you Captain Fred Archer is that your writings are at such a supreme level of intelligence that it is mind boggling to me. What I mean is that there are other authorities in the fishing world that have writings out there. But you my fine sir must have had a very fine education because besides having an enormous amount of fishing knowledge, you are a man of supreme general intelligence. And the two most of the time do not go hand in hand. You sound to be a very smart individual. And that usually can only come from a very fine education and upbringing. My heart goes out to you sir and can not wait to read another of your fine writings on the world of big game fishing!!

Hope to meet you one day!

SAL GOZZO

Captain Fred I also wanted to tell you that I once met and talked to your good friend Peter Wright when I at one time owned a Charter Boat down in Cape Hatteras, NC. He showed up there one winter when the once great Bluefin Fishery was on fire down there. And I remember like it was yesterday that the boat he was running at the time caught and released I believe the number to be something like 56 or 58 bluefin rangeing in size from 300 to 600 plus pounds. It was insane to witness such a thing as I was on that boat that day thanks to my friend who had got us on it for the day because he was friends with the mate. The owner of the boat was some very wealthy individual from I do not even recall. The boat was I believe a 42 or 44 F&S. I remember that the boat could do like 15 to 18 knots or so in Reverse. And it was amazing to watch Peter handle the wheel of that fine rig!!

He is an amazing individual himself!!

[OffTheHookB&T]

Thanks Capt Fred and Admin. Capt Fred been there and done that and from the comments of the members who call him friend a good guy. Maybe Admin and Fred could work together on bring us some videos of the man himself or maybe even a rigging school or seminar on the East coast.

[Captain Fred Archer]

Again, please allow me to say that I am absolutely overwhelmed by the kind words and comments being made here. Because of my true goals in life, it is so very good to hear that I might have helped some of you in some small ways, or that I might be the thorn in your side or the little, fuzzy monster who yells in your ear "Hey, hey, hey! Give it a try, will ya? C'mon, c'mon, try some of this stuff!" Just please know that your words and support have caused this old salt to stop typing my thanks again because frankly, I get too choked up.

But Sal, Sal, Sal, the Peter Wright thing. Dollars will get you doughnuts that the boat "Motor Mouth" (his Aussie Reef nickname) was either driving or fishing off of was Stewart Cambell, who is in fact a very wealthy, successful man with something like forty billfish line class world records who you would never know was a big shot - something that I like in a man - and who owns the legendary Merritt, Chunda. And yes, Chunda has a custom, mind-blowing special reverse gearing system that lets her get up AND PLANE BACKWARDS LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL!

I have caught whites and blues off of her with Captain Barkey Garnsey at the helm. Barkey is a legend in his own right as far as big game captains are concerned and furthermore is a decorated, multi-shot down and eventually wounded (butt shot, no less) assault chopper pilot who we figured out one day actually flew a support mission with rockets and gat gun fire for a small unit of guys I was leading. We were very good at what we did, but we had stumbled into a very bad predicament that Barkey and his wingman fearlessly came in on and literally saved our lives while ignoring and ducking a .51 cal m-gun, one super bad assed weapon, that was trying to waste both 'patchies instead of us, like it had been doing. Barkey wiped that gun crew off the face of the earth for us. That situation over there was small enough and personal time frameworks so precise that it is sometimes easy for a couple of vets to figure out things like this. Both of us were completely blown away as our conversation about that bad place and the things that we had seen and done over there led us to realizing that we had both been locked into the same nasty firefight and that I probably owed him my life. Heavy!

I can tell you for a fact that when Chunda goes out of forward gear and you hear her engines roar and the deck starts to rise up under your feet, much like the feeling you get when an elevator goes up, and suddenly you are hauling ass backwards at over fifteen knots, it is the damndest feeling ever and for me, one of the coolest. It's a ***** cranking in all the slack that's created, but it's all worth it when Barkey kicks the mills into forward, stops Chunda, and there's this marlin virtually at your feet, looking at you with a look that seems to say, "What the hell are YOU doing here? I thought I left you four hundred yards back!" Doink! Tagged. BARBLESS CIRCLE HOOK cut off short and it's off to the next one. I wouldn't want to do that every day, but I'll tell ya, it's one helluva ride if you've never had one like it!

Anyway, I'll bet that Stewart was cranking and that Barkey was somewhere aboard - that boat or its twin goes nowhere without him - for that GBFT performance. I guess maybe what happened down there confirms what I say if put into a corner and without trying to offend anyone - top, well-rounded, widely experienced anglers will be successful no matter where they fish.

Yeah, had to be Chunda and Motor Mouth and Da Boys!

[Hooligan]

Again, please allow me to say that I am absolutely overwhelmed by the kind words and comments being made here. Because of my true goals in life, it is so very good to hear that I might have helped some of you in some small ways, or that I might be the thorn in your side or the little, fuzzy monster who yells in your ear "Hey, hey, hey! Give it a try, will ya? C'mon, c'mon, try some of this stuff!" Just please know that your words and support have caused this old salt to stop typing my thanks again because frankly, I get too choked up.

But Sal, Sal, Sal, the Peter Wright thing. Dollars will get you doughnuts that the boat "Motor Mouth" (his Aussie Reef nickname) was either driving or fishing off of was Stewart Cambell, who is in fact a very wealthy, successful man with something like forty billfish line class world records who you would never know was a big shot - something that I like in a man - and who owns the legendary Merritt, Chunda. And yes, Chunda has a custom, mind-blowing special reverse gearing system that lets her get up AND PLANE BACKWARDS LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL!

I have caught whites and blues off of her with Captain Barkey Garnsey at the helm. Barkey is a legend in his own right as far as big game captains are concerned and furthermore is a decorated, multi-shot down and eventually wounded (butt shot, no less) assault chopper pilot who we figured out one day actually flew a support mission with rockets and gat gun fire for a small unit of guys I was leading. We were very good at what we did, but we had stumbled into a very bad predicament that Barkey and his wingman fearlessly came in on and literally saved our lives while ignoring and ducking a .51 cal m-gun, one super bad assed weapon, that was trying to waste both 'patchies instead of us, like it had been doing. Barkey wiped that gun crew off the face of the earth for us. That situation over there was small enough and personal time frameworks so precise that it is sometimes easy for a couple of vets to figure out things like this. Both of us were completely blown away as our conversation about that bad place and the things that we had seen and done over there led us to realizing that we had both been locked into the same nasty firefight and that I probably owed him my life. Heavy!

I can tell you for a fact that when Chunda goes out of forward gear and you hear her engines roar and the deck starts to rise up under your feet, much like the feeling you get when an elevator goes up, and suddenly you are hauling ass backwards at over fifteen knots, it is the damndest feeling ever and for me, one of the coolest. It's a ***** cranking in all the slack that's created, but it's all worth it when Barkey kicks the mills into forward, stops Chunda, and there's this marlin virtually at your feet, looking at you with a look that seems to say, "What the hell are YOU doing here? I thought I left you four hundred yards back!" Doink! Tagged. BARBLESS CIRCLE HOOK cut off short and it's off to the next one. I wouldn't want to do that every day, but I'll tell ya, it's one helluva ride if you've never had one like it!

Anyway, I'll bet that Stewart was cranking and that Barkey was somewhere aboard - that boat or its twin goes nowhere without him - for that GBFT performance. I guess maybe what happened down there confirms what I say if put into a corner and without trying to offend anyone - top, well-rounded, widely experienced anglers will be successful no matter where they fish.

Yeah, had to be Chunda and Motor Mouth and Da Boys!

It is music to our ears to hear you back with that fierce fishing enthusiasm, that have made your posts a joy to read.

Yes yes it was a 43 Merrit that we were on and I believe the hull was a pale yellow. Yes and I remember the name Chunda. I got confused with another time that I was on a F&S (that also are known for hi speeds in reverse) with a mate that was believe or not a big time attorny by the name John ahh can't remember his last name from Florida, who gave it all up to be in the cockpit of this boat that also was owned by some really wealthy guy that chased the blue water predators all over the world 12 months a year. Back then in those really wild bluefin years out of Cape Hatteras there were quite of you superior crews and owners that moved thru in those winters. It was an experience of a lifetime for me that i will never forget. I spent 4 winters running back and forth between Jersey and Hatteras. Crap I almost uprooted my whole family and moved there for good. But my old Sicilian father told me that if i did, forget him that I would never be allowed in his home again. Geez I wonder what my life would be upto these days if i had made that move. My boys were 8 and 10 years old at the time, they are now 21 and 23 years old.

That day on the Chunda was an incredible experience, I remember me and my buddy Johnny Oughton who now owns his own charter boat in Islamarada called "Pretty work" a Whiticar that he bought with all the money he made in a 4 year run down in Hatteras working the cockpit for some famous Hatteras Captains. We were in our glory reeling and also watching this crew in action. It was like an amusement park ride you never want to get off of. Those were some great days back then. And quite a learning experience for me. And the Motor Mouth nickname yeah I could see that. He talked as much as me!!

Any way Capt Fred glad to see you happy again!!!

Your friend,

Sal Gozzo

Fred where do you reside most of the year. I would love to meet you!!!

[Glenn W]

Okky dokey---- First, I will say that based on reputation, Fred Archer has probablly forgot more about fishing than I'll ever learn. I truely try to remember this when reading a post of his since his return from his illness.--- Prety work Fred--- one tough SOB.
I may not fish his style so I am that much more interested in learning new things---- i.e., I'm smart enough to know that a closed mind will limit you no matter how good you are.
Ok, on with the point---- not being one known to be politically correct, her goes---
Fred, you are a whore. I don't know what is true from you--- what is from the heart and serious and what is an infomercial to sell more garbage. I do know enough to smell bullshit on my boots when it is stuck there and see it all too often with your sales promos--- plain, simple, honest.
Maybe it's the presentation I dunno--- but I can't believe a word out of his mouth regarding fishing advice when there is a plug for one of his products involved.
Such whoring on these sites when you have so called credentials is the lowest of lows as far a gulible hobbiests are concerned---particularly with those new to the sport.
I would very muc enjoy son tips from the years of experience without te infomercial

[Hooligan]

Okky dokey---- First, I will say that based on reputation, Fred Archer has probablly forgot more about fishing than I'll ever learn. I truely try to remember this when reading a post of his since his return from his illness.--- Prety work Fred--- one tough SOB.
I may not fish his style so I am that much more interested in learning new things---- i.e., I'm smart enough to know that a closed mind will limit you no matter how good you are.
Ok, on with the point---- not being one known to be politically correct, her goes---
Fred, you are a whore. I don't know what is true from you--- what is from the heart and serious and what is an infomercial to sell more garbage. I do know enough to smell bullshit on my boots when it is stuck there and see it all too often with your sales promos--- plain, simple, honest.
Maybe it's the presentation I dunno--- but I can't believe a word out of his mouth regarding fishing advice when there is a plug for one of his products involved.
Such whoring on these sites when you have so called credentials is the lowest of lows as far a gulible hobbiests are concerned---particularly with those new to the sport.
I would very muc enjoy son tips from the years of experience without te infomercial

YOU ARE KIDDING RIGHT!!! BECAUSE IF YOUR NOT THEN YOUR ARE A JOKE

[DEEP DEFIANCE]

Man if people dont have anything positive to say just dont say anything at all!

[SeaMent]

Glenn W, I am quite surprised by your response here. Most of your posts here seem to be well thought out and this one kinda caught me off gaurd, I thought you typically respond on the professional level vs. shooting from the hip. I have noticed in the past you usually sit back and evaluate all of your responses, in this thread it appears that you are reaching into the holster and coming out guns blazing. I'm just a little surprised like I said because I'm sure you most likely don't use his techniques to fish anyway, Oh well, I'm sure I'll be blasted by all of the boys south of the OC inlet, but just curious, and by the way it's OKEY DOKEY

[SeaBiscuit]

Peter Wright and Stewart Cambell did 73 GBFT releases in one day off Hatteras. They caught more giants in a day than most of us will see in a lifetime.
Biscuit