Presented by John Stygler

Owner of Snagler Tackle Company/Guide for Life outdoors Unlimited

Table 1. Estimates of economic activity and trip estimates on the Susquehanna River

and Lower Juniata River (Shields 2010, Smucker et al. 2010).

Species

Target Strata

Angler

Trips

Estimated

Economic

Contribution

Estimated

Economic

Impact

Economic

Contribution

Statistic

adjusted by

the Consumer

Price Index to

2012 US

Dollars

All Fish

Susquehanna and lower

Juniata Rivers 126,201 $3,352,974 $1,426,949 $3,700,170

lower Juniata River 16,524 $500,595 $319,771 $552,430

Susquehanna River 109,677 $2,852,955 $1,167,502 $3,148,374

Smallmouth

bass

Susquehanna and lower

Juniata Rivers 66,871 $1,975,842 $864,161 $2,180,437

State

Days

Fishing by

Non

Resident

Percent of

Total Days

Fished in

State Rank

Days

Fishing by

Residents

in other

States

Percent of

Resident

Days in

Other States Rank

Total

Days

Fishing in

State

Fishing

Total Days of

Fishing in

State and

Out of state

Net

Gain/Loss

NY 3,178 15% 4 1,389 5% 18 21,187 22,576 1,789

PA 1,648 8% 16 5,031 21% 3 20,600 25,631 -3,383

MD 1,775 17% 14 1,594 16% 16 10,441 12,035 181

VA 1,163 8% 21 2,848 18% 5 14,538 17,386 -1,685

WV 391 8% 45 1,030 18% 24 4,888 5,918 -639

MN 6,726 25% 1 961 5% 26 26,904 27,865 5,765

IA 138 2% 49 1,752 20% 13 6,900 8,652 -1,614

WY 1,148 48% 23 145 10% 46 2,392 2,537 1,003

IL 463 2% 39 6,751 25% 1 23,150 29,901 -6,288

AK 2,146 40% 7 33 1% 50 5,365 5,398 2,113

NV 204 47% 10 1,128 39% 22 434 1,562 -924

Days of fishing numbers in thousands Recreational Fishing Tourism, Robert Ditton, Stephen Holland, David Anderson, 2002

• Small business to include:

• Restaurants/Diners/Deli/Pizza

• Convenience stores/grocery stores

• Fuel stations

• Tackle Shops

• Motels/Hotels/Campgrounds

• Other area attractions

• Local and state tax base

• Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission

• Ken Penrod’s Life Outdoors Unlimited provided 92 guided days on the river from Mid March to May 1, 2013

• Around 80% of the clients were from out of state

• Using the Impact Guide, the local economy benefited nearly $72,000 from those out of state trips and another $12,000 from in state customers.

• There are roughly 30 plus guide services on the Susquehanna River.

•Even if each guide service did 20 trips, this is nearly a $543,000 in economic impact for 8 weeks of business.

• If each guide service could do 75 trips per year, this would be $2.0 million per year in economic impact to the river communities.

• http://www.csu.edu/cerc/documents/RecreationalFishingasTourism.pdf

• http://www.cbf.org/document.doc?id=591

• http://www.rural.palegislature.us/hunting.pdf

• http://fishandboat.com/chboat.htm

John Stygler

Snagler Tackle Company

Ken Penrod’s Life Outdoors Unlimited

Snaglertackle@aol.com

www.snaglertackle.com

www.penrodsguides.com