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2024 SPECIAL
JANUARY 2025 [ MID-AMERICA BOATING ] 34
REPORT
ON FISHING
Americans New
57.7M went fishing 4.2M Anglers
Highest participation on record 11.2M returning participants
3.2M increase from 2022 12.3M lost participants
Black
21.3M 5.2M Participants
Women went fished in 2023
fishing in 2023 Highest on record
Highest number of female
participants on record Hispanic
37% of all anglers 6.3M Participants
fished in 2023
were female
Highest participation on record Highest on record
of female anglers 13M Youth
20% have kids ages 6-12
went fishing
of current fishing participants up from 12.7M
87% fished before the age of 12
25%
Youth Female anglers (6-12) participated in fishing
Only 19% kept fishing as a teenager (13-17) vs.
30% of their male counterparts
MORE
INFORMATION
© Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation's (RBFF) 2024 Special Report on Fishing
