Saturday, April 19, 2008

Wisconsin Fishing by the numbers

1.4 million licensed anglers
21 million annual fishing days
#2 ranked fishing destination
88 million fish caught a year
31 million fish harvested
11 million fingerlings and yearlings stocked a year
70 different fish species, strains and sizes stocked
$2.75 billion economic benefits
$196 million in state tax revenues
30,164 jobs
165 fish species
15,081 lakes
42,000 miles of year-round streams
10,266 miles of trout stream
4,037 miles of class 1 trout streams