Sports Fishing Equipment Market Size, Share, and Industry Analysis, By Type (Rods, Reels and Components, Line, Leaders, Lures, Files, Baits, Terminal Tackle, Electronics) By Application (Freshwater Fishing, Saltwater Fishing), Forecast To 2034

Last Updated: 24 November 2025
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SPORTS FISHING EQUIPMENT MARKET OVERVIEW

Global Sports Fishing Equipment market size is forecasted to grow from USD 10.573 billion in 2025 to USD 10.922 billion in 2026, reaching USD 14.353 billion by 2034, at a CAGR of 3.3% between 2025 and 2034.

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Asia-Pacific holds a leading position in sports fishing equipment market share in 2023.

Sports fishing equipment alludes to items, for example, casting poles, fish hooks, lines, draws, baits and sinkers that are utilized for sporting fishing and contests. These devices are utilized for fishing without gear, catching, shocking, line fishing, catching, fishing with pack nets, fishing seining and gillnetting. The fishing lines are appended with regular or counterfeit snare to draw, hold, and catch the fish. These lines are associated with reels for projecting, turning and fly fishing, which help in hunting huge estimated fishes and shellfishes.

Different handheld instruments, like lances and spears, are additionally utilized that can be tossed with a push to wound and catch the fish. Alongside this, expanding cooperation in water-based sports exercises and a rising number of fishing affiliations and sporting fishing clubs are likewise adding to the market development. Sports anglers and fishermen are putting resources into top notch fishing hardware that can be utilized in both freshwater and saltwater. The different uses and benefits of it facilitates the growth of the sports fishing equipment market.

Key Findings

  • Market Size and Growth: Global Sports Fishing Equipment market size is forecasted to grow from USD 10.573 billion in 2025 to USD 10.922 billion in 2026, reaching USD 14.353 billion by 2034, at a CAGR of 3.3% between 2025 and 2034.
  • Key Market Driver: Rising interest in water-based sports, recreational fishing clubs, and high-quality fishing gear adoption is driving the Sports Fishing Equipment Market, with around 35% more anglers investing in premium equipment.
  • Major Market Restraint: Overfishing and declining populations of rare fish species are restricting the Sports Fishing Equipment Market, impacting nearly 30% of fishing regions globally.
  • Emerging Trends: Increasing use of electronics, including sonar devices, underwater cameras, and bio-logging equipment, is shaping the Sports Fishing Equipment Market, with adoption in new technology rising by about 40%.
  • Regional Leadership: North America dominates the Sports Fishing Equipment Market due to high consumption rates and presence of leading manufacturers, accounting for roughly 45% of global market activity.
  • Competitive Landscape: Top companies focus on innovation, new product launches, and strategic partnerships, with the leading 10 companies capturing nearly 60% of the Sports Fishing Equipment Market.
  • Market Segmentation: Rods lead the type segment, while freshwater fishing accounts for the largest application, representing around 50% of total equipment usage.
  • Recent Development: Expansion of fishing clubs, growing participation in recreational angling, and technological improvements in gear are driving the Sports Fishing Equipment Market, with new equipment adoption increasing by about 33%.

COVID-19 Impact

Interest in Sport Product to Increase Market Growth

The global COVID-19 pandemic has been unprecedented and staggering, with it experiencing higher-than-anticipated demand across all regions compared to pre-pandemic levels.

The unfavorable effect of the pandemic had given the execution of heavy lockdown rules across different nations, accomplishing aggravations in the import and flimsy activities of the thing. At any rate, the progression pursued for importance in the market extended the first class improvement during the pandemic. Anyway, the market was essentially hit by different assumptions amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. With every one of the current circumstances additionally, the advancement of the market of sports fishing equipment figures post-COVID-19 is shown in the market.

LATEST TRENDS

Helping in Fishing to Improve Market Growth

Sport fishing changes enormously in the ideal fish species, hardware utilized, and area. A few examples consider beginner fishermen to go game fishing on the fly, absent a lot of readiness or arranging. For instance, novice fishermen can rehearse their abilities in lakes, waterways, or Great Lakes sport fishing from the shore. The more controlled conditions function admirably for the individuals who are simply beginning. Such demands are expected to pose an opportunity for global sports fishing equipment market growth during the forecast period.

  • According to the American Sportfishing Association (ASA), in 2022 the number of Americans aged 6 and over who went recreational fishing reached 54.5 million, with a participation rate of 18 % of that age group. 
  • According to the Angling Trust (UK), during 2022-2023 there were 2,611 angling participation events, resulting in 38,464 people, of whom 24,123 were juniors, trying fishing for the first time.
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SPORTS FISHING EQUIPMENT MARKET SEGMENTATION

  • By Type

Based on type; the market is divided into rods, reels and components, line, leaders, lures, files, baits, terminal tackle, electronics.

Rods is the leading part in the type segment.

  • By Application

Based on application; the market is divided into freshwater fishing, saltwater fishing.

Freshwater fishing is the leading part in the application segment.

DRIVING FACTORS

Applications in Electronics to Increase Production

Submerged instruments for noticing fish have a long history of helping fishers across areas. Single and double recurrence sonar innovation are normal devices for identifying fish, yet cameras that catch actual pictures and video are progressively used to accumulate insights concerning fish size, species, and area that are more difficult to gather utilizing apparatuses that find fish by implication. Cameras have turned into a helpful instrument for environmental exploration, with expanding utilization of camera traps, teased far off submerged video, swim-by cameras, and videography bio logging gadgets, across a scope of uses, from conduct perceptions, to evaluations of dispersion and overflow. Such demands are anticipated to drive the sports fishing equipment market share.

Supporting Fishermen in Fishing to Improve Market Growth

Fishing might be viewed as a barebones game to some. All things considered, somebody just requires a fishing line, snare, and bar to fish. In any case, there are various things that anglers use notwithstanding the basics. Fishing embellishments incorporate any things that can uphold an angler, improve their load out, or basically give an additional layer of diversion. Extras can go from draw packs to refreshment coolers, and all in the middle between that is not in fact a base necessity to fish. While excessive all of the time.  These factors and different uses are anticipated to drive the sports fishing equipment market growth during the forecast period.

  • According to the Angling Trust / Environment Agency (UK), during 2022-2023 the Environment Agency invested £924,568 of rod-licence income across 198 projects in partnership with approximately 187 organisations, improving 52 km of river and 20 km of protection works.
  • According to the American Sportfishing Association, there are approximately 57.7 million U.S. anglers (aged 6+) in 2023 — representing a large base of recreational fish-gear users.

RESTRAINING FACTORS

 Rare Fish becoming Endangered to Impede Market Growth

Overfishing is particularly valid for locales of our planet where there are somewhat remiss fishing regulations, and no one really controls anglers and the amount they get. In this manner, despite the fact that the quantity of fishes that are gotten by confidential individuals is very low, contrasted with the quantity of fishes that are trapped in business fishing. A few fishes are likewise very low in populace and on the off chance that anglers could not care less about safeguarding those species, those fish species could become jeopardized or even wiped out. These factors restrict the growth of the sports fishing equipment market.

  • According to ASA data, of the 54.5 million participants in 2022, only 17 % fished once a month or more — down from 21 % a decade earlier — indicating fewer frequent users of fishing gear.
  • According to the Angling Trust / Environment Agency, in 2021-2022 there were 1,707 participation events resulting in 26,636 new participants, but the number of events and format were impacted by COVID-19 — suggesting disruption to entering/retaining new anglers.

SPORTS FISHING EQUIPMENT MARKET REGIONAL INSIGHTS

North America to Dominate Market due to Interest and Availability of Resources

North America holds the largest part of the global sports fishing equipment market share due to the largest manufacturing companies in different states of countries such as the U.S. being the leading producers. The availability of resources mainly depends on the countries of America. The rate of consumption being higher in these regions is also one of the reasons. This also contributed to the growth in the establishment of various manufacturer companies to expand the market growth in the region.     

KEY INDUSTRY PLAYERS

Innovative Creations by Manufacturers to Increase Market Growth

The report gives data about the synopsis of gathering players and their activities keeping watch. The data is gathered and quick and dirty with appropriate examination, innovative turns of events, acquisitions, associations, creating creation lines, and affiliations. Substitute perspectives inspected for this market merge affiliations conveying and presenting new things, districts they lead their tasks in, computerization, advancement gathering, making the most ridiculously pay, and having a contact with their things.

  • Globeride (Daiwa, Japan): According to the Japan Fishing Goods Association (2023), Daiwa manufactures over 2.5 million reels annually, supporting both domestic and export markets.
  • Shimano (Japan): As per the Japan Sporting Goods Association (2023), Shimano allocates around 8 % of its annual R&D expenditure to sustainable fishing technologies, including recyclable reel materials.

List Of Top Sports Fishing Equipment Companies

  • Globeride(Daiwa) (Japan)
  • Shimano (Japan)
  • Pure Fishing (U.S.)
  • Rapala VMC Corporation (Finland)
  • Dongmi Fishing (China)
  • Johshuya Co. (Japan)
  • Pokee Fishing (China)
  • Cabela’s Inc. (U.S.)
  • Eagle Claw (U.S.)
  • Humminbird (U.S.)
  • St. Croix Rods (U.S.)
  • Gamakatsu (U.S.)
  • Tica Fishing (China)
  • DUEL(YO-ZURI) (U.S.)
  • Tiemco (Japan)
  • Preston Innovations (U.K.)
  • Weihai Guangwei Group (China)
  • AFTCO Mfg. (U.S.)
  • O. Mustad & Son (Norway)
  • Okuma Fishing (U.S.)
  • Barfilon Fishing (China)

REPORT COVERAGE

This evaluation conveys a report with getting assessments that consider the depiction liberated from the affiliations that exist in the market impacting the zeroing in on a period of time. The report offers a reasonable technique for driving relationships with their solid appearance structures, market risk, and late new turns of events. With the assistance of point by point research done, it offers a full scale evaluation by taking a gander at the parts like division, expected open portions, present day revives, plans, improvement, size, shares, drivers, blocks, and others. This appraisal can be changed supporting through the central individuals and conceivable evaluation of market parts changes.

Sports Fishing Equipment Market Report Scope & Segmentation

Attributes Details

Market Size Value In

US$ 10.57 Billion in 2025

Market Size Value By

US$ 14.35 Billion by 2034

Growth Rate

CAGR of 3.3% from 2025 to 2034

Forecast Period

2025-2034

Base Year

2024

Historical Data Available

Yes

Regional Scope

Global

Segments Covered

By Types

  • Rods, Reels and Components
  • Line, Leaders
  • Lures, Files, Baits
  • Terminal Tackle
  • Electronics

By Application

  • Freshwater Fishing
  • Saltwater Fishing

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