Bass fishing by the numbers
Some quick facts about the popularity of bass fishing in the United States:
10.6 million
bass fishermen in the United States
171 million
days bass fishermen were out
39
percent of all freshwater fishermen made up bass fishermen
1
ranking of bass fishermen among all freshwater anglers
500,000
members in the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (BASS)
103,000
attendance at this year’s Bassmaster Classic at Lake Hartwell, S.C.
458,000
bass fishermen in Missouri
166,000
bass fishermen in Kansas
This story was originally published March 14, 2015 at 12:46 PM with the headline "Bass fishing by the numbers."