Michael Walrath
Founding operator and current Yellowfin Tuna world record holder. Commands the deepest fleet in the Corps and has produced records across six species.
- Documented catches
- 11
- Standing testing records
- 2
- Species documented
- 4
- Test Reels fished
- 11
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
- Michael Walrath
- Home port
- Ocean City, MD
- Vessels
- Reel Justice
- Best placing
- #1 on a species board
Catch records
Every catch this operator documented during the Testing Program, longest first.
Swordfish
88.5 inMichael Walrath · 264 lb
- Vessel
- Reel Justice
- Location
- Poor Man's Canyon, Maryland
- Test Reel
- SR-000021
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Deep Drop 80
Swordfish
84.0 inMichael Walrath · 252 lb
- Vessel
- Reel Justice
- Location
- Poor Man's Canyon, Maryland
- Test Reel
- SR-000617
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Deep Drop 80
Swordfish
77.0 inMichael Walrath · 231 lb
- Vessel
- Reel Justice
- Location
- Green Canyon, Louisiana
- Test Reel
- SR-000620
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Deep Drop 80
Mahi
59.0 inMichael Walrath · 47 lb
- Vessel
- Reel Justice
- Location
- Washington Canyon, Maryland
- Test Reel
- SR-000388
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Inshore 30
Yellowfin Tuna
53.0 inMichael Walrath · 151 lb
- Vessel
- Reel Justice
- Location
- Ocean City Canyon, Maryland
- Test Reel
- SR-000123
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Offshore 50
Mahi
51.0 inMichael Walrath · 40 lb
- Vessel
- Reel Justice
- Location
- Gulf Stream, Florida
- Test Reel
- SR-000610
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Inshore 30
Yellowfin Tuna
48.0 inMichael Walrath · 118 lb
- Vessel
- Reel Justice
- Location
- Poor Man's Canyon, Maryland
- Test Reel
- SR-000334
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Offshore 50
Mahi
46.5 inMichael Walrath · 36 lb
- Vessel
- Reel Justice
- Location
- Islamorada Hump, Florida
- Test Reel
- SR-000613
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Inshore 30
Blackfin Tuna
37.5 inMichael Walrath · 34 lb
- Vessel
- Reel Justice
- Location
- Diamond Shoals, North Carolina
- Test Reel
- SR-000600
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Inshore 30
Blackfin Tuna
35.5 inMichael Walrath · 33 lb
- Vessel
- Reel Justice
- Location
- The Point, Hatteras, North Carolina
- Test Reel
- SR-000603
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Inshore 30
Blackfin Tuna
33.0 inMichael Walrath · 30 lb
- Vessel
- Reel Justice
- Location
- Islamorada Hump, Florida
- Test Reel
- SR-000606
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Inshore 30
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.