Tred Barta

[Andy D]

An injury of this kind to a man with as much zest and passion for the outdoors is worse than death. I pray for a complete recovery for Tred . Saw him kill a wild Boar with a Bowie knife . The man definatley had some cast iron balls.

[Mr. Sandman]

I hate to see something like that happen do an active sportsman. It is doubly painful. He has an in-your-face attitude but I thought his shows were very entertaining, even when he was a little annoying.

My great uncle use to harpoon swordfish off of Montauk to Nomans area (back in the day) and was the most active guy in the world, could fix/build anything and was a hoot to be around. I watched him slowly die of Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) and it was horrific, esp for him. I hope Tred recovers and preaches his Carpe Diam style of life once again.

Prayers to him and his family.

[FishermanTim]

He did get a chance to have his son on his show, and it was an episode where he openly admitted that there was something he wasn't experienced with. He made sure his son got in on the action and learned from the experience.

I believe is was the "Striped bass off Long Island after dark" episode.

[Raven]

yep his son learned to set the hook

and Tred learned about boat positioning
over the exact spot

[fishysob]

that is horrible news! Love his show as well as his collumn on the back page of sportfishing magazine. Get well Tred!