On average, tourists coming to Vermont for the primary purpose of fishing and/or hunting spent $2096 in Vermont on their trips. Skiers spent an average of $1558 on their ski trips; hiking and/or camping: $440.

Source: A NATIONAL SURVEY OF THE VERMONT VISITOR Prepared for The Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing Prepared by School of Business Administration, The University of Vermont in association with Vermont Tourism Data Center, School of Natural Resources, University of Vermont http://www.uvm.edu/~snrvtdc/publications/National_1999_Report2oct30.pdf

Anglers fishing Lake Champlain spent $205 million in a year.

Source: Opportunities for Action Plan Summary - April 2003 Version THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN Recreation and Tourism
Gilbert, A.H. 2000. Lake Champlain Angler Survey 1997. Federal Aid Job Performance Report: Final Report. VTDFW, Waterbury, VT. VT: VTDEC. http://www.lcbp.org/OFA-APRIL2003/6_Economics.pdf

Lake Champlain Anglers spent $100 million on nondurable goods such as tackle, bait and refreshments in a year.

Source: Opportunities for Action Plan Summary - April 2003 Version THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN Recreation and Tourism
Gilbert, A.H. 2000. Lake Champlain Angler Survey 1997. Federal Aid Job Performance Report: Final Report. VTDFW, Waterbury, VT. VT: VTDEC. http://www.lcbp.org/OFA-APRIL2003/6_Economics.pdf

Lake Champlain Anglers spent $105 million on durable goods such as fishing rods and fishing boats in a year.

Source: Opportunities for Action Plan Summary - April 2003 Version THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN Recreation and Tourism
Gilbert, A.H. 2000. Lake Champlain Angler Survey 1997. Federal Aid Job Performance Report: Final Report. VTDFW, Waterbury, VT. VT: VTDEC.
http://www.lcbp.org/OFA-APRIL2003/6_Economics.pdf

42 percent of the above expenditures were associated with lake trout fishing.

Source: Opportunities for Action Plan Summary - April 2003 Version THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN Recreation and Tourism
Gilbert, A.H. 2000. Lake Champlain Angler Survey 1997. Federal Aid Job Performance Report: Final Report. VTDFW, Waterbury, VT. VT: VTDEC.
http://www.lcbp.org/OFA-APRIL2003/6_Economics.pdf

There were 98 fishing and fishing-related businesses within ten miles of Lake Champlain.

Source: Opportunities for Action Plan Summary - April 2003 Version THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN Recreation and Tourism
Gilbert, A.H. 2000. Lake Champlain Angler Survey 1997. Federal Aid Job Performance Report: Final Report. VTDFW, Waterbury, VT. VT: VTDEC.
http://www.lcbp.org/OFA-APRIL2003/6_Economics.pdf

The owners of those businesses estimated that 78% ($5.6 million) of their $7.2 million in gross fishing-based income was derived from anglers fishing Lake Champlain or its tributaries.

Source: Opportunities for Action Plan Summary - April 2003 Version THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN Recreation and Tourism Gilbert, A.H. 2000. Lake Champlain Angler Survey 1997. Federal Aid Job Performance Report: Final Report. VTDFW, Waterbury, VT. VT: VTDEC.
http://www.lcbp.org/OFA-APRIL2003/6_Economics.pdf

Hunting, fishing and wildlife watching made up 5 percent of Vermont's gross state product (GSP). This is 4th in the Nation as a percentage of GSP after Alaska, Montana and Wyoming, respectively.

Source: Passing The Buck A Comparison of State Fish and Wildlife Agency Funding and the Economic Value of Wildlife-Associated Recreation A Special Report by the Izaak Walton League of America 1999 http://www.teaming.com/pdf/Passing-the-Buck.pdf

96 thousand resident and 75 thousand nonresident anglers 16 years old and older fished 2.3 million days in Vermont—an average of 14 days per angler .

Source: 2001 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/01fhw/fhw01-vt.pdf

These anglers spent $111 million on fishing expenses in Vermont.

Source: 2001 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/01fhw/fhw01-vt.pdf

Vermonters rank second only to Alaskans in enjoying wildlife resources recreationally. Sixty-seven percent of Vermonters went fishing, hunting or wildlife watching, or enjoyed a combination of these activities, while 70 percent of Alaskans did the same.

Source: 2001 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/01fhw/fhw01-vt.pdf

For every dollar spent producing rainbow trout in National Fish Hatcheries, that dollar grows in the economy to $36.88 in net economic value, creating 3,502 jobs generating $80 million in wages. $10.6 million returned to the public treasury in federal income tax. The money spent on rainbow trout fishing returned an astounding $325.1 million in total economic output.

Source: “The Economic Effects of Rainbow Trout Stocking by Fish and Wildlife Service Hatcheries in FY 2004.” Dr. Jim Caudill, 2005.