Industry Reports & Trends

Recreational fishing is big business.

Regardless of what brings them to the water, our nation’s 52 million anglers are a formidable economic force in our nation’s economy.

  • 2024 Independent Fishing Tackle Retailer Report

    To better serve retailers and the trade, ASA conducted a survey of independent tackle retailers in March 2024 inquiring about their January-December 2023 business experience.

  • Quarterly Fishing Tackle Imports Report 2023 Q4

    This report presents fishing tackle imports by category for all countries that ship to the United States.

  • 2023 Special Report on Fishing

    Detailed information and trends on fishing participation by gender, age, ethnicity, income, education and geographic region.

  • Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account, U.S. and States, 2022

    New Statistics for 2022; 2017-2021 Updated

  • Quarterly Fishing Tackle Imports Report 2023 Q3

    This report presents fishing tackle imports by category for all countries that ship to the United States.

  • 2022 Retail Market Size Report

    The report presents annual estimates of U.S. national retail expenditures for fishing tackle products.

  • 2023 Independent Fishing Tackle Retailer Report

    To better serve retailers and the trade, ASA conducted a survey of independent tackle retailers in February 2023 inquiring about their January-December 2022 business experience.

  • Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account, U.S. and States, 2021

    New Statistics for 2021; 2017-2020 Updated

  • 2022 Special Report on Fishing

    Detailed information and trends on fishing participation by gender, age, ethnicity, income, education and geographic region. The report is conducted by RBFF and the Outdoor Foundation.

  • 2022 Fishing Tackle Retailer Report

    To better serve retailers and the trade, ASA conducted a survey of tackle retailers in January 2022 inquiring about their January-December 2021 business experience.