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Overall Participation
In 2015, fishing participants made 887 million outings and spent an average of 19.4 days fishing on average per participant
Freshwater fishing remains the most popular type of fishing
Adults with children in their households participated in fishing
The number of Hispanic fishing participants increased 3% in 2015 to
of females say spending time with family or friends
of males say catching fish
Experience the excitement
Ease of access to fishing
Spend time with family
Hispanic participants spend
more days per year fishing than their general market counterparts
increase in youth participation overall in 2015
of adult participants fished as a child, making youth participation a powerful motivator for future participation
Conservation is an important factor in fishing trips
almost
more than those without
Newcomers A Gateway to the Outdoors
Popular
Family-Friendly Youth
Hispanics Profile of a fishing trip
Best aspects Why try fishing?
Full report available at: https://www.takemefishing.org/corporate/resource-center/research/
2016 Special Report on Fishing is a partnership project with the Outdoor Foundation
45.7M
6.7M participants, ages 6 to 12
adults
caught a fishof trips were unplanned
4Mparticipants, ages 13 to 17
2.5Mof fishing participants ages 6+ participate in fishing and another outdoor activity
44% of new participants are youth ages 6-17
46% are female 76%
2. Fishing (fresh, salt and fly)
3. Hiking1. Running, joggingand trail running
Outdoor Participants, Ages 25+
4. Bicycling (road, mountain and BMX)
5. Camping (car, backyard, backpacking and RV)
38M– almost participants –
and also had the highest rates of female (34.4%) and youth participation (33%)
5.4% 2% 83%
83% 39%6.23.4 m
people had
their very first fishing experience in 2015
2-5
38% 37% 47.1% 41.3% 38%