Anglers
| Participants and Days of Fishing | |||
| In 2001, 774
thousand state residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older fished in
Oklahoma. Of this total, 648 thousand anglers (84%) were state residents and
126 thousand anglers (16%) were nonresidents. Anglers fished a total of 12.7
million days in Oklahoma-an average of 16 days per angler. State residents
fished 12.4 million days, 97 percent of all fishing days within Oklahoma
compared to nonresidents who fished 345 thousand days -3 percent of all
fishing days in the state. There were 685 thousand Oklahomans 16 years old and older who fished in the United States in 2001. These anglers fished a total on 13.2 million days. Approximately 648 thousand resident anglers (95%) fishing in Oklahoma. They spent 12.4 million days, 94 percent of their total fishing days, fishing in their resident state. Some State residents fished in other states as well as in Oklahoma. In 2001, 122 thousand anglers fished in other states-18 percent of the resident angler total. They fished 832 thousand days as nonresidents, representing 6 percent of all days fished by Oklahoma Residents. |
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| Anglers in Oklahoma | ||||
| (State residents and nonresident 16 years old and older) | ||||
| Anglers | 774 thousand | |||
| Resident | 648 thousand | |||
| Nonresident | 126 thousand | |||
| Days of fishing | 12.7 million | |||
| Resident | 12.4 million | |||
| Nonresident | 345 thousand | |||
| In-State/Out-of-State | ||||
| (State residents 16 years old and older) | ||||
| Oklahoma anglers | 685 thousand | |||
| In Oklahoma | 648 thousand | |||
| In other states | 122 thousand | |||
| Days of fishing | 13.2 million | |||
| In Oklahoma | 12.4 million | |||
| In other states | 832 thousand | |||
Fishing Expenditures in Oklahoma
Anglers 16 years old and older spent $476 million on fishing expenses in Oklahoma in 2001. Trip-related expenditures including food and lodging, transportation and other expenses totaled $212 million-45 percent of all their fishing expenditures. They spent $84 million on food and lodging and $58 million on transportation. Other trip expenses such as equipment rental, bait and cooking fuel totaled $70 million. Each angler spent an average of $274 on trip-related costs during 2001.
Anglers spent $250 million on equipment in Oklahoma in 2001, 53 percent of all fishing expenditures. Fishing equipment (rods, reels, line, etc.) totaled nearly $68 million-27 percent of the equipment total. Auxiliary equipment expenditures (tents, special fishing clothes, etc.) and special equipment expenditures (boats, pickups, etc.) amounted to $183 million, 73 percent of the equipment are items that were purchased for fishing, but could be used in activities other than fishing.
The purchase of other items such as magazines, membership dues, licenses, permits, stamps and land leasing and ownership amounted to $14 million-3percent of all fishing expenditures.
| Fishing Expenditures in Oklahoma | ||||||
| (State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older) | ||||||
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Total |
$476 million | |||||
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Trip-related |
$212 million | |||||
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Equipment |
$250 million | |||||
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Fishing |
$68 million | |||||
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Auxiliary and special |
$183 million | |||||
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Other |
$14 million | |||||
From the 2001 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation