I got this link from another site that i use, its a survey on game fishing. I just thought it would be good to get as many responces as possible. That seems to be what they want, not just people who go game fishing but everybody that fishes. I filled it out as best I could and I would'nt call myself a game fisherman. http://www.pakula.com/Sur.doc

Here are some of the early results. I could'nt rank amoungst them on the amout spent each year, but I suppose sum people do.

Some early results so far:

The average Game Fisho has invested: $187,000.00

The average Annual Expendature per angler: $32,000.00

83.64% of money is spent in their local area.

100% of Fisherman surveyed so far collect their own bait, however volumes do vary (results later)

The average Game Fisho collects 584 baitfish per year.

31% of these baitfish are released (Net result of 403 baitfish used per angler PA)

The List of Most Popular Game Fish so far:

1. Black Marlin 2. Striped Marlin 3. Blue Marlin 4. Yellowfin Tuna 5. Dolphinfish 6. Sailfish 7. Yellowtail Kingfish 8. Mackeral 9. Northern Bluefin Tuna (Longtail) 10. Shark (Misc) 11. Cobia 12. Mako Shark 13. Wahoo 14. Albacore

Most popular species for the table so far appears to be the humble Dolphinfish (Mahi-Mahi)..

More stats coming soon, as mentioned it is very early days.... Another good thing we have noticed so far is that virtually every Marlin is released....