[cool][#0000ff]As secretary for the Utah Anglers Coalition, I receive and forward lots of interesting info. With the current chatter about PETA...and how WORTHLESS they are...I thought we might like to see some positive info on how much fishing contributes to the economies of our states.[/#0000ff]
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Boy, the states without State Income Tax sure stick out like a sore thumb.
So it appears that out of the roughly 1/2 million Utah fisherman, each averages about 10 trips per year.
I'm just crunching some numbers here, but it says that in Utah there are 5,237,905 Fisherman-Days. Doing simple math, that tells me that on any given day, there are 14,350 people fishing in this state. (average). I know there are a lot of little streams and ponds and private honey holes, but lets say there are maybe 100 different lakes/destinations that are typically used (that number might be way off...), that means that (again, average) each lake/destination sees 143 fisherman per day, per lake/destination...non stop.
No wonder it seems crowded out there!
Randy
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[cool][#0000ff]Don'tcha just hate it when all 142 others show up the same time and place you do?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I knew that the number-crunchers and bean-counters would have fun with the stats.[/#0000ff]
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hey Randy that just means that there are 140 fishermen on strawberry and 3 fishermen on 3 other lakes!! thats why i stay away from there.. get the lake to my self most day's.. [sly]
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