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Eric Colvin
Testing Program · Test Operator
Eric Colvin
Kayak and light-tackle operator proving that record class doesn't require a sportfisher.
- Documented catches
- 5
- Standing testing records
- 0
- Species documented
- 3
- Test Reels fished
- 4
Current ranking
Where this operator stands on every species testing board. A standing testing record holds until it is beaten during the program.
The operator file
Identity, fleet, and the documentation filed with the program.
- Test Operator
- Eric Colvin
- Home port
- Islamorada, FL
- Vessels
- Light Line
- Best placing
- #2 on a species board
0 photos on file 0 catches on video
Catch records
Every catch this operator documented during the Testing Program, longest first.
Wahoo — testing catch
Wahoo
61.0 inEric Colvin · 70 lb
- Vessel
- Light Line
- Location
- Gulf Stream, Florida
- Test Reel
- SR-000625
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Offshore 50
Wahoo — testing catch
Wahoo
56.0 inEric Colvin · 64 lb
- Vessel
- Light Line
- Location
- Mississippi Canyon, Louisiana
- Test Reel
- SR-000628
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Offshore 50
Mahi — testing catch
Mahi
55.5 inEric Colvin · 41 lb
- Vessel
- Light Line
- Location
- Islamorada Hump, Florida
- Test Reel
- SR-000160
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Inshore 30
Yellowfin Tuna — testing catch
Yellowfin Tuna
49.5 inEric Colvin · 121 lb
- Vessel
- Light Line
- Location
- Islamorada Hump, Florida
- Test Reel
- SR-000160
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Inshore 30
Yellowfin Tuna — testing catch
Yellowfin Tuna
47.0 inEric Colvin · 109 lb
- Vessel
- Light Line
- Location
- The Point, Hatteras, North Carolina
- Test Reel
- SR-000401
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Offshore 50
Testing records close at public launch, tentatively scheduled for February 2028. When Sling Reel is released into the wild, the World Record Book starts at zero.