What's in your bag?
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Ok so. According to American Sportfishing Association in their report Sportfishing in America, it's $46 billion and accounts for $115 billion in total economic impact. When you consider travel and lodging associated with it.
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We are getting way OT here but...read it and weep.
http://www.alaskafishradio.com/commercial-fishing-stomps-sport-sector-in-us-economy/ -
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
We are getting way OT here but...read it and weep.
http://www.alaskafishradio.com/commercial-fishing-stomps-sport-sector-in-us-economy/You proved exactly what I said! Pay to job ratio is higher in your chart. I never said there was more money. You said commercial fishing has billions then I posted that recreational also has billions. I also mentioned pay was higher. Skill would be higher as it is more difficult and pays more.
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@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
One of the best ways to identify a veteran fisherman vs an inexperienced one is by the size of his tackle box. Less is more. The better fisherman I become the less lures I carry. It's the opposite of what most people think..
What do you need other than a laptop to make connector whatever you need to access?
That's pretty funny. Except that a real fisherman has a frickin' boat and nets. Tackle box is for amateurs. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Using a net is much easier than fishing lures. With a net, you only need to find fish. Find bait fisherman needs to find and hook the fish. The sport fisherman needs to find, lure and hook in the fish.
While fishing with a net yeilds the most numbers, obviously it doesn't translate to more pay. The highest paid fishermen are sport fishermen. Obviously the sponsored tournament guys are millionaires, but many local guys do quite well. Sport fishing charters often charge $700-1000 a day. We have about 100 of them just in our county. We are a big tourist area, but most areas have 10-20 of those guys in each area around The US. I know of many fishing guides and charters around the world as well.
Skill and pay is higher is all I said and you've proven that with your chart and article.
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@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
One of the best ways to identify a veteran fisherman vs an inexperienced one is by the size of his tackle box. Less is more. The better fisherman I become the less lures I carry. It's the opposite of what most people think..
What do you need other than a laptop to make connector whatever you need to access?
That's pretty funny. Except that a real fisherman has a frickin' boat and nets. Tackle box is for amateurs. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Using a net is much easier than fishing lures. With a net, you only need to find fish. Find bait fisherman needs to find and hook the fish. The sport fisherman needs to find, lure and hook in the fish.
While fishing with a net yeilds the most numbers, obviously it doesn't translate to more pay. The highest paid fishermen are sport fishermen. Obviously the sponsored tournament guys are millionaires, but many local guys do quite well. Sport fishing charters often charge $700-1000 a day. We have about 100 of them just in our county. We are a big tourist area, but most areas have 10-20 of those guys in each area around The US. I know of many fishing guides and charters around the world as well.
I understand what you're saying - I have a friend that's really into fly fishing. But sports fishing is still small potatoes to the commercial fishing industry. They make billions.
Sport fishing has 110 billion dollar industry in just US.
That's like $300 per citizen (including babies, prisoners, etc.), per year. I have no idea what the fishing population is like, but the cost of sport fishing must be enormous. My own experience is that @irj is the only fisher I know, anywhere. Seems like the cost for fishing is huge.
Even assuming as many as one out of ten people are avid fishers, and that seems extremely high, that's $3,000 to fish every year for life.
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@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
One of the best ways to identify a veteran fisherman vs an inexperienced one is by the size of his tackle box. Less is more. The better fisherman I become the less lures I carry. It's the opposite of what most people think..
What do you need other than a laptop to make connector whatever you need to access?
That's pretty funny. Except that a real fisherman has a frickin' boat and nets. Tackle box is for amateurs. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Using a net is much easier than fishing lures. With a net, you only need to find fish. Find bait fisherman needs to find and hook the fish. The sport fisherman needs to find, lure and hook in the fish.
While fishing with a net yeilds the most numbers, obviously it doesn't translate to more pay. The highest paid fishermen are sport fishermen. Obviously the sponsored tournament guys are millionaires, but many local guys do quite well. Sport fishing charters often charge $700-1000 a day. We have about 100 of them just in our county. We are a big tourist area, but most areas have 10-20 of those guys in each area around The US. I know of many fishing guides and charters around the world as well.
I understand what you're saying - I have a friend that's really into fly fishing. But sports fishing is still small potatoes to the commercial fishing industry. They make billions.
Sport fishing has 110 billion dollar industry in just US.
That's like $300 per citizen (including babies, prisoners, etc.), per year. I have no idea what the fishing population is like, but the cost of sport fishing must be enormous. My own experience is that @irj is the only fisher I know, anywhere. Seems like the cost for fishing is huge.
Even assuming as many as one out of ten people are avid fishers, and that seems extremely high, that's $3,000 to fish every year for life.
But it seems to be more concentrated here in the South. Are we considering professional fisherman or hobbyists (those that do it on the weekends)?
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@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
One of the best ways to identify a veteran fisherman vs an inexperienced one is by the size of his tackle box. Less is more. The better fisherman I become the less lures I carry. It's the opposite of what most people think..
What do you need other than a laptop to make connector whatever you need to access?
That's pretty funny. Except that a real fisherman has a frickin' boat and nets. Tackle box is for amateurs. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Using a net is much easier than fishing lures. With a net, you only need to find fish. Find bait fisherman needs to find and hook the fish. The sport fisherman needs to find, lure and hook in the fish.
While fishing with a net yeilds the most numbers, obviously it doesn't translate to more pay. The highest paid fishermen are sport fishermen. Obviously the sponsored tournament guys are millionaires, but many local guys do quite well. Sport fishing charters often charge $700-1000 a day. We have about 100 of them just in our county. We are a big tourist area, but most areas have 10-20 of those guys in each area around The US. I know of many fishing guides and charters around the world as well.
I understand what you're saying - I have a friend that's really into fly fishing. But sports fishing is still small potatoes to the commercial fishing industry. They make billions.
Sport fishing has 110 billion dollar industry in just US.
That's like $300 per citizen (including babies, prisoners, etc.), per year. I have no idea what the fishing population is like, but the cost of sport fishing must be enormous. My own experience is that @irj is the only fisher I know, anywhere. Seems like the cost for fishing is huge.
Even assuming as many as one out of ten people are avid fishers, and that seems extremely high, that's $3,000 to fish every year for life.
$3k a year spent on fishing is not uncommon at all.
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@nerdydad said in What's in your bag?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
One of the best ways to identify a veteran fisherman vs an inexperienced one is by the size of his tackle box. Less is more. The better fisherman I become the less lures I carry. It's the opposite of what most people think..
What do you need other than a laptop to make connector whatever you need to access?
That's pretty funny. Except that a real fisherman has a frickin' boat and nets. Tackle box is for amateurs. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Using a net is much easier than fishing lures. With a net, you only need to find fish. Find bait fisherman needs to find and hook the fish. The sport fisherman needs to find, lure and hook in the fish.
While fishing with a net yeilds the most numbers, obviously it doesn't translate to more pay. The highest paid fishermen are sport fishermen. Obviously the sponsored tournament guys are millionaires, but many local guys do quite well. Sport fishing charters often charge $700-1000 a day. We have about 100 of them just in our county. We are a big tourist area, but most areas have 10-20 of those guys in each area around The US. I know of many fishing guides and charters around the world as well.
I understand what you're saying - I have a friend that's really into fly fishing. But sports fishing is still small potatoes to the commercial fishing industry. They make billions.
Sport fishing has 110 billion dollar industry in just US.
That's like $300 per citizen (including babies, prisoners, etc.), per year. I have no idea what the fishing population is like, but the cost of sport fishing must be enormous. My own experience is that @irj is the only fisher I know, anywhere. Seems like the cost for fishing is huge.
Even assuming as many as one out of ten people are avid fishers, and that seems extremely high, that's $3,000 to fish every year for life.
But it seems to be more concentrated here in the South. Are we considering professional fisherman or hobbyists (those that do it on the weekends)?
Both. Hobbyist spend way more money.
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@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
One of the best ways to identify a veteran fisherman vs an inexperienced one is by the size of his tackle box. Less is more. The better fisherman I become the less lures I carry. It's the opposite of what most people think..
What do you need other than a laptop to make connector whatever you need to access?
That's pretty funny. Except that a real fisherman has a frickin' boat and nets. Tackle box is for amateurs. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Using a net is much easier than fishing lures. With a net, you only need to find fish. Find bait fisherman needs to find and hook the fish. The sport fisherman needs to find, lure and hook in the fish.
While fishing with a net yeilds the most numbers, obviously it doesn't translate to more pay. The highest paid fishermen are sport fishermen. Obviously the sponsored tournament guys are millionaires, but many local guys do quite well. Sport fishing charters often charge $700-1000 a day. We have about 100 of them just in our county. We are a big tourist area, but most areas have 10-20 of those guys in each area around The US. I know of many fishing guides and charters around the world as well.
I understand what you're saying - I have a friend that's really into fly fishing. But sports fishing is still small potatoes to the commercial fishing industry. They make billions.
Sport fishing has 110 billion dollar industry in just US.
That's like $300 per citizen (including babies, prisoners, etc.), per year. I have no idea what the fishing population is like, but the cost of sport fishing must be enormous. My own experience is that @irj is the only fisher I know, anywhere. Seems like the cost for fishing is huge.
Even assuming as many as one out of ten people are avid fishers, and that seems extremely high, that's $3,000 to fish every year for life.
$4.6 billion for just one recreational retailer.
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@nerdydad said in What's in your bag?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
One of the best ways to identify a veteran fisherman vs an inexperienced one is by the size of his tackle box. Less is more. The better fisherman I become the less lures I carry. It's the opposite of what most people think..
What do you need other than a laptop to make connector whatever you need to access?
That's pretty funny. Except that a real fisherman has a frickin' boat and nets. Tackle box is for amateurs. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Using a net is much easier than fishing lures. With a net, you only need to find fish. Find bait fisherman needs to find and hook the fish. The sport fisherman needs to find, lure and hook in the fish.
While fishing with a net yeilds the most numbers, obviously it doesn't translate to more pay. The highest paid fishermen are sport fishermen. Obviously the sponsored tournament guys are millionaires, but many local guys do quite well. Sport fishing charters often charge $700-1000 a day. We have about 100 of them just in our county. We are a big tourist area, but most areas have 10-20 of those guys in each area around The US. I know of many fishing guides and charters around the world as well.
I understand what you're saying - I have a friend that's really into fly fishing. But sports fishing is still small potatoes to the commercial fishing industry. They make billions.
Sport fishing has 110 billion dollar industry in just US.
That's like $300 per citizen (including babies, prisoners, etc.), per year. I have no idea what the fishing population is like, but the cost of sport fishing must be enormous. My own experience is that @irj is the only fisher I know, anywhere. Seems like the cost for fishing is huge.
Even assuming as many as one out of ten people are avid fishers, and that seems extremely high, that's $3,000 to fish every year for life.
But it seems to be more concentrated here in the South. Are we considering professional fisherman or hobbyists (those that do it on the weekends)?
Well of course it is, the south has WAY more fishing-conduscive weather. In New York, fishing isn't that popular because...
- The water is ALWAYS bitter cold, even in summer.
- The water freezes over entirely for several months of the year.
- The weather is insane for being outside for at least half of the year.
- Due to industrial waste from the late 1800s and early 1900s, many northern waterways have toxin levels too high for food consumption making fishing almost purely about catching and lacks the benefits of eating. This includes Great Lake fishing.
- Nothern Lakes tend to be glacial and extremely deep and dangerous, not shallow and safe like the majority of southern bodies of water.
It's just natural that fishing is way more popular in the south. Take an identical population and put them in both places, people who enjoying fishing will find it a much more fun sport down south.
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@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
One of the best ways to identify a veteran fisherman vs an inexperienced one is by the size of his tackle box. Less is more. The better fisherman I become the less lures I carry. It's the opposite of what most people think..
What do you need other than a laptop to make connector whatever you need to access?
That's pretty funny. Except that a real fisherman has a frickin' boat and nets. Tackle box is for amateurs. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Using a net is much easier than fishing lures. With a net, you only need to find fish. Find bait fisherman needs to find and hook the fish. The sport fisherman needs to find, lure and hook in the fish.
While fishing with a net yeilds the most numbers, obviously it doesn't translate to more pay. The highest paid fishermen are sport fishermen. Obviously the sponsored tournament guys are millionaires, but many local guys do quite well. Sport fishing charters often charge $700-1000 a day. We have about 100 of them just in our county. We are a big tourist area, but most areas have 10-20 of those guys in each area around The US. I know of many fishing guides and charters around the world as well.
I understand what you're saying - I have a friend that's really into fly fishing. But sports fishing is still small potatoes to the commercial fishing industry. They make billions.
Sport fishing has 110 billion dollar industry in just US.
That's like $300 per citizen (including babies, prisoners, etc.), per year. I have no idea what the fishing population is like, but the cost of sport fishing must be enormous. My own experience is that @irj is the only fisher I know, anywhere. Seems like the cost for fishing is huge.
Even assuming as many as one out of ten people are avid fishers, and that seems extremely high, that's $3,000 to fish every year for life.
$3k a year spent on fishing is not uncommon at all.
It couldn't be given the size of the market. But 1:10 people as avid fishers seems extreme.
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@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
One of the best ways to identify a veteran fisherman vs an inexperienced one is by the size of his tackle box. Less is more. The better fisherman I become the less lures I carry. It's the opposite of what most people think..
What do you need other than a laptop to make connector whatever you need to access?
That's pretty funny. Except that a real fisherman has a frickin' boat and nets. Tackle box is for amateurs. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Using a net is much easier than fishing lures. With a net, you only need to find fish. Find bait fisherman needs to find and hook the fish. The sport fisherman needs to find, lure and hook in the fish.
While fishing with a net yeilds the most numbers, obviously it doesn't translate to more pay. The highest paid fishermen are sport fishermen. Obviously the sponsored tournament guys are millionaires, but many local guys do quite well. Sport fishing charters often charge $700-1000 a day. We have about 100 of them just in our county. We are a big tourist area, but most areas have 10-20 of those guys in each area around The US. I know of many fishing guides and charters around the world as well.
I understand what you're saying - I have a friend that's really into fly fishing. But sports fishing is still small potatoes to the commercial fishing industry. They make billions.
Sport fishing has 110 billion dollar industry in just US.
That's like $300 per citizen (including babies, prisoners, etc.), per year. I have no idea what the fishing population is like, but the cost of sport fishing must be enormous. My own experience is that @irj is the only fisher I know, anywhere. Seems like the cost for fishing is huge.
Even assuming as many as one out of ten people are avid fishers, and that seems extremely high, that's $3,000 to fish every year for life.
$3k a year spent on fishing is not uncommon at all.
It couldn't be given the size of the market. But 1:10 people as avid fishers seems extreme.
Really $10k isn't uncommon at all. Some may spend $30-50k on offshore stuff a year easily.
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@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
One of the best ways to identify a veteran fisherman vs an inexperienced one is by the size of his tackle box. Less is more. The better fisherman I become the less lures I carry. It's the opposite of what most people think..
What do you need other than a laptop to make connector whatever you need to access?
That's pretty funny. Except that a real fisherman has a frickin' boat and nets. Tackle box is for amateurs. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Using a net is much easier than fishing lures. With a net, you only need to find fish. Find bait fisherman needs to find and hook the fish. The sport fisherman needs to find, lure and hook in the fish.
While fishing with a net yeilds the most numbers, obviously it doesn't translate to more pay. The highest paid fishermen are sport fishermen. Obviously the sponsored tournament guys are millionaires, but many local guys do quite well. Sport fishing charters often charge $700-1000 a day. We have about 100 of them just in our county. We are a big tourist area, but most areas have 10-20 of those guys in each area around The US. I know of many fishing guides and charters around the world as well.
I understand what you're saying - I have a friend that's really into fly fishing. But sports fishing is still small potatoes to the commercial fishing industry. They make billions.
Sport fishing has 110 billion dollar industry in just US.
That's like $300 per citizen (including babies, prisoners, etc.), per year. I have no idea what the fishing population is like, but the cost of sport fishing must be enormous. My own experience is that @irj is the only fisher I know, anywhere. Seems like the cost for fishing is huge.
Even assuming as many as one out of ten people are avid fishers, and that seems extremely high, that's $3,000 to fish every year for life.
$3k a year spent on fishing is not uncommon at all.
It couldn't be given the size of the market. But 1:10 people as avid fishers seems extreme.
Really $10k isn't uncommon at all. Some may spend $30-50k on offshore stuff a year easily.
That's crazy.
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@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
One of the best ways to identify a veteran fisherman vs an inexperienced one is by the size of his tackle box. Less is more. The better fisherman I become the less lures I carry. It's the opposite of what most people think..
What do you need other than a laptop to make connector whatever you need to access?
That's pretty funny. Except that a real fisherman has a frickin' boat and nets. Tackle box is for amateurs. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Using a net is much easier than fishing lures. With a net, you only need to find fish. Find bait fisherman needs to find and hook the fish. The sport fisherman needs to find, lure and hook in the fish.
While fishing with a net yeilds the most numbers, obviously it doesn't translate to more pay. The highest paid fishermen are sport fishermen. Obviously the sponsored tournament guys are millionaires, but many local guys do quite well. Sport fishing charters often charge $700-1000 a day. We have about 100 of them just in our county. We are a big tourist area, but most areas have 10-20 of those guys in each area around The US. I know of many fishing guides and charters around the world as well.
I understand what you're saying - I have a friend that's really into fly fishing. But sports fishing is still small potatoes to the commercial fishing industry. They make billions.
Sport fishing has 110 billion dollar industry in just US.
That's like $300 per citizen (including babies, prisoners, etc.), per year. I have no idea what the fishing population is like, but the cost of sport fishing must be enormous. My own experience is that @irj is the only fisher I know, anywhere. Seems like the cost for fishing is huge.
Even assuming as many as one out of ten people are avid fishers, and that seems extremely high, that's $3,000 to fish every year for life.
$3k a year spent on fishing is not uncommon at all.
It couldn't be given the size of the market. But 1:10 people as avid fishers seems extreme.
Really $10k isn't uncommon at all. Some may spend $30-50k on offshore stuff a year easily.
That's crazy.
Boat maintenance, storage, and fuel is really expensive.
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@stacksofplates said in What's in your bag?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
One of the best ways to identify a veteran fisherman vs an inexperienced one is by the size of his tackle box. Less is more. The better fisherman I become the less lures I carry. It's the opposite of what most people think..
What do you need other than a laptop to make connector whatever you need to access?
That's pretty funny. Except that a real fisherman has a frickin' boat and nets. Tackle box is for amateurs. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Using a net is much easier than fishing lures. With a net, you only need to find fish. Find bait fisherman needs to find and hook the fish. The sport fisherman needs to find, lure and hook in the fish.
While fishing with a net yeilds the most numbers, obviously it doesn't translate to more pay. The highest paid fishermen are sport fishermen. Obviously the sponsored tournament guys are millionaires, but many local guys do quite well. Sport fishing charters often charge $700-1000 a day. We have about 100 of them just in our county. We are a big tourist area, but most areas have 10-20 of those guys in each area around The US. I know of many fishing guides and charters around the world as well.
I understand what you're saying - I have a friend that's really into fly fishing. But sports fishing is still small potatoes to the commercial fishing industry. They make billions.
Sport fishing has 110 billion dollar industry in just US.
That's like $300 per citizen (including babies, prisoners, etc.), per year. I have no idea what the fishing population is like, but the cost of sport fishing must be enormous. My own experience is that @irj is the only fisher I know, anywhere. Seems like the cost for fishing is huge.
Even assuming as many as one out of ten people are avid fishers, and that seems extremely high, that's $3,000 to fish every year for life.
$3k a year spent on fishing is not uncommon at all.
It couldn't be given the size of the market. But 1:10 people as avid fishers seems extreme.
Really $10k isn't uncommon at all. Some may spend $30-50k on offshore stuff a year easily.
That's crazy.
Boat maintenance, storage, and fuel is really expensive.
Very true. It adds up.
In NY, fishing tends to be waders in a creek. Not ships out at sea.
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@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@stacksofplates said in What's in your bag?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@pete-s said in What's in your bag?:
@irj said in What's in your bag?:
One of the best ways to identify a veteran fisherman vs an inexperienced one is by the size of his tackle box. Less is more. The better fisherman I become the less lures I carry. It's the opposite of what most people think..
What do you need other than a laptop to make connector whatever you need to access?
That's pretty funny. Except that a real fisherman has a frickin' boat and nets. Tackle box is for amateurs. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Using a net is much easier than fishing lures. With a net, you only need to find fish. Find bait fisherman needs to find and hook the fish. The sport fisherman needs to find, lure and hook in the fish.
While fishing with a net yeilds the most numbers, obviously it doesn't translate to more pay. The highest paid fishermen are sport fishermen. Obviously the sponsored tournament guys are millionaires, but many local guys do quite well. Sport fishing charters often charge $700-1000 a day. We have about 100 of them just in our county. We are a big tourist area, but most areas have 10-20 of those guys in each area around The US. I know of many fishing guides and charters around the world as well.
I understand what you're saying - I have a friend that's really into fly fishing. But sports fishing is still small potatoes to the commercial fishing industry. They make billions.
Sport fishing has 110 billion dollar industry in just US.
That's like $300 per citizen (including babies, prisoners, etc.), per year. I have no idea what the fishing population is like, but the cost of sport fishing must be enormous. My own experience is that @irj is the only fisher I know, anywhere. Seems like the cost for fishing is huge.
Even assuming as many as one out of ten people are avid fishers, and that seems extremely high, that's $3,000 to fish every year for life.
$3k a year spent on fishing is not uncommon at all.
It couldn't be given the size of the market. But 1:10 people as avid fishers seems extreme.
Really $10k isn't uncommon at all. Some may spend $30-50k on offshore stuff a year easily.
That's crazy.
Boat maintenance, storage, and fuel is really expensive.
Very true. It adds up.
In NY, fishing tends to be waders in a creek. Not ships out at sea.
It's still more expensive than you think for a casual fisherman. Trout fishing requires alot of flies and fly fishering itself is very expensive. Rods go from $200-800.
Alot of guys in NY can even get to $3k in a year. It just depends on how many different types of fishing you do and how often you do it. It's not a cheap hobby
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@irj said in What's in your bag?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's in your bag?:
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One of the best ways to identify a veteran fisherman vs an inexperienced one is by the size of his tackle box. Less is more. The better fisherman I become the less lures I carry. It's the opposite of what most people think..
What do you need other than a laptop to make connector whatever you need to access?
That's pretty funny. Except that a real fisherman has a frickin' boat and nets. Tackle box is for amateurs. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Using a net is much easier than fishing lures. With a net, you only need to find fish. Find bait fisherman needs to find and hook the fish. The sport fisherman needs to find, lure and hook in the fish.
While fishing with a net yeilds the most numbers, obviously it doesn't translate to more pay. The highest paid fishermen are sport fishermen. Obviously the sponsored tournament guys are millionaires, but many local guys do quite well. Sport fishing charters often charge $700-1000 a day. We have about 100 of them just in our county. We are a big tourist area, but most areas have 10-20 of those guys in each area around The US. I know of many fishing guides and charters around the world as well.
I understand what you're saying - I have a friend that's really into fly fishing. But sports fishing is still small potatoes to the commercial fishing industry. They make billions.
Sport fishing has 110 billion dollar industry in just US.
That's like $300 per citizen (including babies, prisoners, etc.), per year. I have no idea what the fishing population is like, but the cost of sport fishing must be enormous. My own experience is that @irj is the only fisher I know, anywhere. Seems like the cost for fishing is huge.
Even assuming as many as one out of ten people are avid fishers, and that seems extremely high, that's $3,000 to fish every year for life.
$3k a year spent on fishing is not uncommon at all.
It couldn't be given the size of the market. But 1:10 people as avid fishers seems extreme.
Really $10k isn't uncommon at all. Some may spend $30-50k on offshore stuff a year easily.
That's crazy.
Boat maintenance, storage, and fuel is really expensive.
Very true. It adds up.
In NY, fishing tends to be waders in a creek. Not ships out at sea.
It's still more expensive than you think for a casual fisherman. Trout fishing requires alot of flies and fly fishering itself is very expensive. Rods go from $200-800.
Alot of guys in NY can even get to $3k in a year. It just depends on how many different types of fishing you do and how often you do it. It's not a cheap hobby
And I like fish (to eat), a lot. And that seems like a lot
