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For Immediate Release: February 25, 2014
Contact: Donna@southwickassociates.com

Top Fishing Equipment Brands for 2013
FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. - Southwick Associates’ AnglerSurvey.com announced the brands and products anglers purchased most frequently in 2013. This list has been compiled from the 18,559 internet-based surveys completed in 2013 by AnglerSurvey.com panelists.

In 2013, sportfishing’s most frequently purchased brands included:

Top rod brand: Shakespeare (Ugly Stik, Sturdy Stik, etc.)
Top reel brand: Shimano
Top combo brand: Shakespeare
Top fishing line brand: PowerPro
Top hard bait brand: Rapala
Top soft bait brand: Berkley Gulp
Top spinner bait brand: Strike King
Top jig brand: Strike King
Top sinker brand: Eagle Claw
Top swivel brand: Eagle Claw
Top rigs brand: Eagle Claw
Top leader brand: Seaguar
Top fly rod brand: Orvis and Redington (tie)
Top fly reels brand: Orvis
Top fly line brand: Scientific Angler and Rio (tie)
Top fly leader brand: Rio
Top tippets brand: Seaguar
Top ice reel brand: St. Croix
Top ice rod brand: Shakespeare
Top ice combo brand: Frabill
Top ice tip ups: Frabill
Top wader brand: Hodgman
Top clothing brand: Columbia
Top raingear brand: Frogg Toggs
Top landing net brand: Frabill
Top bait bucket/aerator brand: Frabill
Top fishing knife brand: Rapala
Top fish scale brand: Berkley
Top trolling motor brand: Minn Kota

I didn't see beer listed. Oversight?

Absolutely! Don't imagine too many ice-fishing combos were sold here in Florida except for late January.

I'm on their press release list and it's always interesting to me what folks are buying so I thought I'd share.

The International Game Fish Association also compiles an annual list of the top tackle used to set world records.

GaryDroze wrote:I didn't see beer listed. Oversight?