The first time I visited the Dominican Republic, more than 15 years ago, I almost twisted my leg off trying to keep Tred Barta from prematurely entering Davy Jones’ locker. It all went down when my buddy Dan Jacobs and I were staging an event for Bacardi rum that would become a precursor to Marlin University.We put together a three-day curriculum and had about 15 people show up at the Bavaro Beach Resort to fish with Tred Barta and party in the Caribbean. One of the first problems we encountered was a lack of good working charter boats in the area. We booked three boats for the event, and Jacobs and I were making bets before the start on which ones would be able to fish the entire three days before breaking down. We gave Barta the best of the lot but warned him repeatedly to take it easy or he ...![Marlin]()
