MICHIGAN is #1

[detroit1]

Watching the B.a.s.s. tourney on St. Clair a few weeks back they quizzed the hosts on which state has the most registered boats. We were #1 with over 1,000,000.  Geez!

[A-Jay]

Doesn't hurt my feelings any that most of them are 

"some where else' when I'm doing my thing.

Fish Hard

A-Jay

[Siebert Outdoors]

That doesnt suprise me with all the lakes and great lakes surrounding or in the state. 

[A-Jay]

11 minutes ago, Siebert Outdoors said:

That doesnt suprise me with all the lakes and great lakes surrounding or in the state. 

A-Jay

[TnRiver46]

Michigan has more waterfront shoreline than the east coast of the US 

[gim]

I am pretty sure that Minnesota has more registered watercraft per capita than any other state.

 

Michigan may have more registered watercraft because they also have a higher population.  I believe this is also the case with Florida.

 

It may come as a surprise that Minnesota is the state with the most boats per person, at approximately 143.6 boats per thousand people. What percentage of Minnesotans own a boat? Seven percent of Minnesotans own a boat, making it the unofficial boating capital of the United States. That's about one in every six Minnesotans owning a boat, with that number shifting to one in three as you head north of Duluth.

 

https://www.siyachts.com/which-us-state-has-the-most-boats

[MN Fisher]

If you go by my neighborhood it's about 1 in 4 own a boat.

[detroit1]

1 in 10 man, woman, or child has one.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

Michigan has more waterfront shoreline than the east coast of the US 

Wonder what Florida's vs. Michigan's shoreline mileage compared would look like?

 

Dang....MI: 3200 miles

            FL: 800 miles 

[Bird]

Interesting ?

[Way north bass guy]

Quick google search found this. Granted, it’s for all of Canada, but I’ll bet my province (Ontario), is the leader by a far margin. 

[TnRiver46]

@Way north bass guy, we knew Canada was all water, thus the mosquitos ? 

[12poundbass]

3 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Wonder what Florida's vs. Michigan's shoreline mileage compared would look like?

 

Dang....MI: 3200 miles

            FL: 800 miles 

 

Don’t forget 51,438 miles of rivers in Michigan 

[Dwight Hottle]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_coastline

[thunderblack]

I will never fish a fraction of what is here to fish.

[ironbjorn]

On 8/10/2023 at 4:46 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Michigan has more waterfront shoreline than the east coast of the US 

1/3 of it is sparsely populated islands but yeah

[TnRiver46]

18 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

1/3 of it is sparsely populated islands but yeah

Paradise from what I can tell 

[ironbjorn]

14 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Paradise from what I can tell 

Truth 

[Darth-Baiter]

hmmmm.. this is the list i found.  and it feels right since 1/3 of them were surrounding me this weekend.

 

• 1. California 1,051,606
• 2. Michigan 1,000,337
• 3. Florida 922,597
• 4. Minnesota 834,974
• 5. Wisconsin 650,280
• 6. Texas 624,390
• 7. New York 529,732 
• 8. Ohio 413,276 
• 9. Illinois 398,431 
• 10. South Carolina 383,971 
• 11. Pennsylvania 357,729 
• 12. North Carolina 353,625 
• 13. Louisiana 327,272 
• 14. Missouri 325,717 
• 15. Georgia 325,135 
• 16. Washington 266,717 
• 17. Alabama 264,191 
• 18. Tennessee 259,235 
• 19. Virginia 243,590 
• 20. Mississippi 199,037