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Location: Land of the Musky | There are approximately 80,000 who target musky in WI every year. That is just ONE state. I have done some marketing research (USA and Canada) and the number is much higher than most would think. Now this is a person that fishes for musky at least one time (or more) a year. Most here are the 1%ers of musky fishing...  Most here will fish for musky more in one day than the average guys will in an entire year. For my market research it was "who is buying musky tackle and where are they". Many more than you would think.... |
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| The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publishes a National Survey on Hunting, Fishing and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, about every five years, the most recent stated that 27 million people fish freshwater not including the great lakes, the great lakes are another 1.7 million. Then use Southwick's angler survey and you get 4 million people fish for pickerel, pike and muskie, i don't know what % of those people don't fish musky, and i do not know how many people were surveyed and where the people are surveyed are from so the numbers could be skewed
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| do you call a guy a musky fisherman if he fish for them only 1 time a year?same for a guy who don't even have specific rod & reel?it's a big difference in the balance |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | jano - 10/25/2013 11:58 AM
do you call a guy a musky fisherman if he fish for them only 1 time a year?same for a guy who don't even have specific rod & reel?it's a big difference in the balance
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaa! Now he or she has to own a muskie rod & reel? LOL I caught my first 50" on a Bill Dance bass rod and Shimano Curado 200 w/ 17lb mono, oh yeah, I was targeting them, I was'nt fishing for bass either! I also hand landed the fish at boatside. I also use saltwater gear for muskies. What's next, it only counts if you own a real musky net or boat? If you're targeting them, its called muskie fishing in my book.
I usually only get to fish for muskies for ~ 1 week every year in Canada, and randomly locally. I can show you fish in Canada that will either scare the crap out of you or make you cry! Nope, I'm not a muskie fisherman. Just don't tell my wife that, she'll be wondering what I've been up too!
Have fun!
Al
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | jano, you are a card, you really are.
If a person targets muskies at all, they fish muskies. One trip a year is all some can get out of work and life. |
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| So over 3 million people (almost 4 million) have fished for pickerel, pike, and muskie during the span of that survey. Is it safe to say the United States has over a million Muskie anglers? Tackle companies must be getting rich! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Guest - 10/26/2013 8:25 AM
So over 3 million people (almost 4 million) have fished for pickerel, pike, and muskie during the span of that survey. Is it safe to say the United States has over a million Muskie anglers? Tackle companies must be getting rich!
Yes, it is safe to say that. Rich? Probably not, but the business has expanded like a forest fire over the last decade.
Let's look at who builds rods for Muskies and Pike.
Abu
Fenwick
GLoomis
Daiwa
Shimano
St. Croix
Tackle Industries
Okuma
Gander Mountain
Bass Pro Shops
Tica
Musky Innovations
Cabelas
And a number of others.
Muskie has been the fastest growing fresh water segment for a number of years.
On line retailers are popping up like crazy. The concrete and glass retailers are growing in numbers. Advertising dollars have increased accordingly.
That doesn't happen with a few thousand possible sales a year. |
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Location: davis,IL | TOO MANY!!!! You guys are cuttin into my action. For me, I can explain it....its a disease.... that causes masocistic tendencies. Like spending all your extra money on expensive equipment, beating yourself half to death using the equipment... all to catch a stupid fish that you take a picture of, then release. Face it, most 6 years olds with a Snoopy rod, danglin a worm from it, will out fish you 20 to 1 in numbers. And if they keep them bluegills and eat'em, nobody's beatin you up when you post the picture and say that you ate'm.
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Location: Oregon | Interesting question.............I have always wondered how many musky fisherman there are compared to bass fisherman. My guess is there are far more bass fisherman based on all the bass gear, TV shows, etc., but it's just a guess.
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Location: Land of the Musky | RiverMan - 10/31/2013 10:17 PM
Interesting question.............I have always wondered how many musky fisherman there are compared to bass fisherman. My guess is there are far more bass fisherman based on all the bass gear, TV shows, etc., but it's just a guess.
a LOT more bass guys  All of my available product development budget over the next 3 years will be going towards developing new bass and walleye lures and rods. Got about 100 new SKUs coming out in Spring of 2014 just for bass. Not an exact science here but for every 1 musky rod or lure I sell I could sell 10+ into the bass market if not 20+. Guess I will see soon... Just starting to look at the market data for the bass and walleye markets. Its big to say the least...
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