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The Test Fleet Certified Test Vessel
Deep Drop
- Captain
- —
- Home port
- Hatteras, North Carolina
- Status
- Active testing
- Target species
- Swordfish · Wahoo
On the water
Outer Banks boat testing the Deep Drop 80 on swordfish and Gulf Stream wahoo.
Test Operators aboard · Marcus Reyes
- Approved catches
- 5
- Species documented
- 3
- Test Operators
- 1
- Sling Reels fished
- 5
Testing activity
Every approved catch logged aboard Deep Drop, newest first.
Wahoo — testing catch
Wahoo
64.0 inMarcus Reyes · 74 lb
- Vessel
- Deep Drop
- Location
- Baltimore Canyon, Maryland
- Test Reel
- SR-000623
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Offshore 50
Wahoo — testing catch
Wahoo
59.5 inMarcus Reyes · 68 lb
- Vessel
- Deep Drop
- Location
- Green Canyon, Louisiana
- Test Reel
- SR-000626
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Offshore 50
Yellowfin Tuna — testing catch
Yellowfin Tuna
44.0 inMarcus Reyes · 88 lb
- Vessel
- Deep Drop
- Location
- Islamorada Hump, Florida
- Test Reel
- SR-000533
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Inshore 30
Swordfish — testing catch
Swordfish
104.0 inMarcus Reyes · 312 lb
- Vessel
- Deep Drop
- Location
- Gulf Stream, Florida
- Test Reel
- SR-000420
- Reel type
- Sling Reel Offshore 80
Wahoo — testing catch
Wahoo
54.5 inMarcus Reyes · 63 lb
- Vessel
- Deep Drop
- Location
- Gulf Stream, Florida
- Test Reel
- SR-000629
- 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.
All testing catches