Barta on the Braid Dolphin

[Bert Rodgers]

In the new Sport Fishing Mag Tred sheds some light on the huge fish that went viral on the net last year. His conclusion on the wieght will blow your mind, but if you study the pic you will believe it.

[Heli Sports]

In the new Sport Fishing Mag Tred sheds some light on the huge fish that went viral on the net last year. His conclusion on the wieght will blow your mind, but if you study the pic you will believe it.

Very little that Tred has said or written over the years has failed to blow my mind

[Bert Rodgers]

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[Captain Fred Archer]

"Very little that Tred has said or written over the years has failed to blow my mind." So true, and I've known him since many many decades ago as youngsters on the docks in New Jersey. He has always been controversial as all get out, but he truly is a unique, vastly interesting and enormously entertaining guy...and a helluva fisherman, especially for bigeyes in the old days. His efforts for kids have been heavy duty and his fight against the terrible luck he has had healthwise has been a thing of wonder and inspiration to me.

To me, Tred is one of those oh-so-rare, "Walk the walk" guys who is completely entitled to "Talk the talk", whether I agree with him or not. There aren't many of those, but Tred sure as hell is one of them.

I'd love to see what Tred had to see about that big dorado of Dennis'. Dennis happens to also be a good friend on long standing. He's a very small guy, so fish held up by him tend to look huge, but even so, that fish looked like a monsta to me. How heavy? I dunno. I always reserve judgement on the weights of photo fish because camera angles, etc., can really deceive the eye.

Bert...What did Tred say about that fish???

[frankypettolina]

He said it was weighed on a scale and someone called out 60. Tred and Dennis ignored it cause they thought the caller meant 60 pounds. Later they realised they weighmaster meant 60 KG. Makes it like a 130 or so I guess.

[Bert Rodgers]

Tred Barta "That fish wieghed 60 kg not 60 pounds! That translates to 134 pound,4.43 oz-and five inches of the fish's tail was resting on the ground while being wieghed!"

Evidently Tred was aboard the boat on the trip.

Bert

[Bert Rodgers]

"Very little that Tred has said or written over the years has failed to blow my mind." So true, and I've known him since many many decades ago as youngsters on the docks in New Jersey. He has always been controversial as all get out, but he truly is a unique, vastly interesting and enormously entertaining guy...and a helluva fisherman, especially for bigeyes in the old days. His efforts for kids have been heavy duty and his fight against the terrible luck he has had healthwise has been a thing of wonder and inspiration to me.

To me, Tred is one of those oh-so-rare, "Walk the walk" guys who is completely entitled to "Talk the talk", whether I agree with him or not. There aren't many of those, but Tred sure as hell is one of them.

I'd love to see what Tred had to see about that big dorado of Dennis'. Dennis happens to also be a good friend on long standing. He's a very small guy, so fish held up by him tend to look huge, but even so, that fish looked like a monsta to me. How heavy? I dunno. I always reserve judgement on the weights of photo fish because camera angles, etc., can really deceive the eye.

Bert...What did Tred say about that fish???

Fred looking at that pic there was never any doubt in my mind that the fish was well over 100#

[scattered_grass]

How cool would it be to have the unofficial world record dolphin hanging in your living room...talk about a pretty mount!

[Bert Rodgers]

How cool would it be to have the unofficial world record dolphin hanging in your living room...talk about a pretty mount!

They fileted it and served it at the lodge in Panama

[Capt Josh]

Did it look something like this? We caught this on a live skipjack in PV way back. Never weighed it, but Caldo is 5'10" for perspective.